Emergingby GlyphFervo Cape Station reaches first power
First utility-scale enhanced geothermal plant to sync to the grid; Phase I is about 100 MW.
fervoenergy.com
Advanced geothermal
Early commercialmomentum 792,387 papers a year (+82%)$3.1B raised in 12 months15 companies
Tapping the heat in deep hot rock almost anywhere, using oil and gas drilling methods, to make round-the-clock clean power.
Why early commercial: Fervo's Cape Station in Utah became the first utility-scale enhanced geothermal plant to export power to the grid. Sep 24, 2026
Dots under a month: dated events tracked here that month.
Events
All 19 eventsFervo wins two DOE awards worth about $20 million
Grants for new enhanced geothermal developments in Idaho and Nevada.
fervoenergy.com
Quaise selected for up to $25 million from DOE
Support for the first commercial superhot geothermal power plant.
quaise.com
DOE awards $99 million to 21 geothermal projects
Funds field tests of next-generation geothermal and exploration drilling.
energy.gov
Mazama raises $135 million Series B
Led by Centaurus Capital and Doerr Capital, with ConocoPhillips and Shell Ventures.
globenewswire.com
Funding
Mazama Energy
Led by Centaurus Capital, Doerr Capital
$135MSource ↗
Quaise Energy
Led by Prelude Ventures
$180MSource ↗
Fervo Energy
$1.9BSource ↗
Fervo Energy
Led by Barclays, BBVA
$421MSource ↗
Fervo Energy
Led by B Capital
$462MSource ↗
Companies
All 17 companiesFervo Energy
Builds enhanced geothermal plants using horizontal drilling; runs Cape Station in Utah.
fervoenergy.com
Meta
Agreed to support 150 MW of XGS geothermal in New Mexico.
meta.com
Quaise Energy
Develops millimeter-wave drilling to reach superhot rock for geothermal power.
quaise.energy
Mazama Energy
Develops superhot rock engineered geothermal at Newberry Volcano, Oregon.
mazamaenergy.com
Google
Signed a 396 MW power purchase deal with Fervo for Cape Station.
google.com
Nabors Industries
Drilling contractor that invested $35 million in Quaise and signed a strategic framework.
nabors.com
Researchers and labs
All 53 researchers and labsGangqiang Kong
Publishes on Advanced geothermal at China Three Gorges University: 33 papers in 2 years.
Abdelmalek Bouazza
Publishes on Advanced geothermal at Monash University: 20 papers in 2 years.
Alexandros Daniilidis
Publishes on Advanced geothermal at Centre de Géosciences: 19 papers in 2 years.
Kathrin Menberg
Publishes on Advanced geothermal at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: 19 papers in 2 years.
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
German geoscience center with geothermal energy research.
Earth and Environmental Sciences Area
Berkeley Lab group studying subsurface energy, including geothermal.
Most cited papers
All 42 papersEnhanced geothermal systems for clean firm energy generation
Roland Nicholas Horne, Albert Genter, Mark McClure et al. · Nature Reviews Clean Technology
Managing Induced Seismicity Risks From Enhanced Geothermal Systems: A Good Practice Guideline
Wen Zhou, Federica Lanza, Iason Grigoratos et al. · Reviews of Geophysics
Shallow geothermal energy systems for district heating and cooling networks: Review and technological progression through case studies
João Figueira, Alejandro García‐Gil, Ana Vieira et al. · Renewable Energy
Enhanced geothermal systems: A critical review of recent advancements and future potential for clean energy production
Fatick Nath, Md Nahin Mahmood, Ebenezer Asare Ofosu et al. · Geoenergy Science and Engineering
Exploring geothermal energy based systems: Review from basics to smart systems
Belka Anya, Mousa Mohammadpourfard, Gülden Gökçen Akkurt et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Patents
Systems and methods for geothermal energy storage
Fervo Energy Co
Multi-piece corrugated waveguide
Quaise Energy Inc
Cooling for geothermal well drilling
Eavor Technologies Inc
Cooling for geothermal well drilling
Eavor Technologies Inc
Geothermal loop energy production systems
Greenfire Energy Inc
Multi-piece corrugated waveguide
Quaise Inc
About advanced geothermal here
- Sub-areas
- Enhanced geothermal systemsClosed-loop geothermalSuperhot rockAdvanced drillingAI-driven explorationWaterless and conduction systemsGeothermal energy storageGeothermal heating and cooling
- Stage evidence
- Early commercial, Sep 24, 2026: Fervo's Cape Station in Utah became the first utility-scale enhanced geothermal plant to export power to the grid. fervoenergy.com
- Momentum
- 79 of 100: the mean of its ranks among the tracked fields for paper growth (100), funding in 12 months (63) and events in 90 days (75). Method
- Papers
- 2,387 in the 12 months ending two months ago, +82% against the 12 before (OpenAlex topics, journal and conference papers).
- Tracked here since
- Sep 25, 2026
- Weekly snapshots
- 5 weeks stored; latest Nov 2, 2026. JSON