- Verbesserte Geothermiesysteme könnten in den USA bis zu 150 GW saubere, konstante Energie freisetzen, weit über die derzeitige Kapazität hinaus.
- Unternehmen wie Fervo Energy sind Vorreiter bei neuen Bohrtechniken, um die Geothermie über traditionelle Ressourcenzonen hinaus auszudehnen.
- Die Unterstützung des Bundes und die technologische Innovation machen die Geothermie zu einer entscheidenden Lösung für die Netzstabilität und Energiesicherheit.
https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Geothermal-Energy/Americas-Geothermal-Breakthrough-Could-Unlock-a-150-Gigawatt-Energy-Revolution.html?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=reddit_repost
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* Enhanced geothermal systems could unlock up to 150 GW of clean, constant energy in the U.S., far beyond current capacity.
* Companies like Fervo Energy are pioneering new drilling techniques to expand geothermal beyond traditional resource zones.
* Federal support and technological innovation are positioning geothermal as a critical solution for grid stability and energy security.
I’m cautiously optimistic about geothermal in the US, but the reason is somewhat roundabout. Energy in the US has become something of an ideological issue, with the right associated with fossil fuels and the left with solar and wind. (Nuclear has a more complicated alignment.) But the left is associated with solar and wind because of climate change, not due to any specific problem with say drilling. And at the same time, a lot of the drilling tech for oil and gas turns out to be helpful for deep geothermal, so this may provide an off-ramp for those industries which sidesteps the political issues. The New Yorker had had two good pieces recently which touched on these aspects. See [here](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/why-the-time-has-finally-come-for-geothermal-energy) and [here](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/geothermal-power-is-a-climate-moon-shot-beneath-our-feet).
And this is exactly why fossil fuels are important right now. Innovation costs a lot of energy. Trying to adapt “green” everything too early slows everything down to a trickle
That’s cool but my god that website is atrociously full of invasive ads that ruin the reading experience
Drill baby drill! Wait…what !… no no I can’t tax that sort of energy!
EGS is a fairly promising method to boost the output of geothermal plants. Essentially fracking and then cycling the water as usual. However, the gains still don’t seem substantial enough to warrant an energy revolution. Still requires a geothermal source close to the surface, thus it’s not applicable everywhere. It is nice for spots that otherwise don’t have enough permeability to operate.
I live in an area that has historically had very active geothermal systems, and geothermal heat is common enough. But with the cost of drilling and maintenance, in the last 40 years more systems have been shut down than have been added. Twenty years or so ago there was a big government-funded project to power a project at the local college, which worked more or less, but never came close to making back the amount it cost.
I just see it like a lot of things – it makes a good sales pitch to attract investment, then it doesn’t work that well, and the guys who made the sales pitch are a little richer and have moved on to the next thing.
That’s like 15x The power needed for time travel.
Marty fire of the DeLorean, we’re going back to the age of the dinosaurs.
Am surprised I haven’t seen anything on r/wallstreetbets on $FRVO. Seems worth throwing some money at.
This is old news, has anyone brought a geothermal well online? Quaise Energy was promising this a couple of years ago.
So few projects have been developed and many of those have been scrapped due to opposition from established energy monopolies. Don’t expect to ever see this developed. More likely to see horizon to horizon wind and solar first.