Geothermal
The tech giant’s chosen partner, Sage Geosystems, also builds long-duration energy storage.
Startup Sage Geosystems is taking advantage of Texas’ easy-to-navigate permitting process to build a first-of-a-kind storage project.
Three emerging technologies could help geothermal scale beyond its traditional geographies and drive down the cost of generation.
California is “a priority market for the foreseeable future” for Fervo, per strategy exec.
Beebe thinks AI will unlock more clean, firm power — while also sparking a new era of generative science.
At least six companies — most recently, XGS Energy — looking to revitalize geothermal have closed financing rounds in the past six months.
Post-Series D, the company is eyeing project-level finance. But first, it has to get institutional investors comfortable with the tech.
The company hopes to make geothermal “geography agnostic” by using high-power microwaves to vaporize rocks.
The tech giant’s first geothermal-powered data centers are live in Nevada.