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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2P2stuQ_KY ''Eavor Technologies | The First Scalable Form of Clean Baseload Power''] video from Disruptive Investing, 2022.<br>
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2P2stuQ_KY ''Eavor Technologies | The First Scalable Form of Clean Baseload Power''] video from Disruptive Investing, 2022.<br>
* [https://eartharxiv.org/repository/object/5704/download/11142/ ''Commercial-Scale Demonstration of a First-of-a-Kind Enhanced Geothermal System''] Jack H. Norbeck and Timothy M. Latimer, White Paper, Fervo Energy, 2023. See Figure 2. This is a test well intended to demonstrate the economic feasibility of generating power using the latest drilling and fracking technology. Can it provide energy cheaper than coal? That is the question they must answer.<br>
* [https://eartharxiv.org/repository/object/5704/download/11142/ ''Commercial-Scale Demonstration of a First-of-a-Kind Enhanced Geothermal System''] Jack H. Norbeck and Timothy M. Latimer, White Paper, Fervo Energy, 2023. See Figure 2. This is a test well intended to demonstrate the economic feasibility of generating power using the latest drilling and fracking technology. Can it provide energy cheaper than coal? That is the question they must answer.<br>
* [https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy23osti/82771.pdf ''2022 GETEM Geothermal Drilling Cost Curve Update''], Robins, Jody C., Devon Kesseli, Erik Witter, and Greg Rhodes. 2022. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL/CP-5700-82771.

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Fig.1 Geothermal resource favorability and identified hydrothermal sites
Fig.2 A cross-section of the Fervo horizontal doublet EGS system and deep vertical monitoring well.


Geothermal energy is energy extracted from the heat stored beneath the Earth's surface by means of water (or steam) circulating in deep wells. It is used for space heating or for generating electricity; see the Geothermal power article on Wikipedia for details.