Volts podcast has a terrific interview with Fervo CEO Tim Latimer (and co-author of that paper you linked). Both audio and transcript: "Enhanced geothermal po

Volts podcast has a terrific interview with Fervo CEO Tim Latimer (and co-author of that paper you linked). Both audio and transcript: "Enhanced geothermal power is finally a reality" [2023-07-21] https://www.volts.wtf/p/enhanced-geothermal-power-is-finally https://www.volts.wtf/p/enhanced-geothermal-power-is-finally My key takeaways: Advanced geothermal energy (AGE) completes the puzzle. Wind, solar, others hit 80% of our needs. AGE fulfills the final 20%. Additionally, by serving as heat reservior, AGE will maximize solar and wind. Instead of curtailing, Fervo will store their excess output as heat in the ground. Can be located anywhere there's accessible heat. Even urban areas. Surface level operation is just a well head and a modest building. Scales "horizontally". Meaning just drill more wells. Versus larger or more complex wells. This means Fervo has jumped onto the cost-learning curve (Wright's Law) by doing the same thing repeatedly. Instead of every project being bespoke. All that R&D investment in the much hated fracking industry unlocked this achievement.