Advanced geothermal
Early commercialmomentum 77568 papers in 3 months (+74% yearly)$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
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19 events
About advanced geothermal here
- Sub-areas
- Enhanced geothermal systems, Closed-loop geothermal, Superhot rock, Advanced drilling, AI-driven exploration, Waterless and conduction systems, Geothermal energy storage, Geothermal 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
- 77 of 100: the mean of its ranks among the tracked fields for paper growth (94), funding in 12 months (63) and events in 90 days (75). Method
- Papers
- 2,298 in the 12 months ending two months ago, +74% against the 12 before (OpenAlex topics, journal and conference papers).
- Tracked here since
- Sep 25, 2026