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This interview with Fervo CEO Tim Latimer on the Volts podcast was really fascinating: https://www.volts.wtf/p/enhanced-geothermal-power-is-finally https://www

This interview with Fervo CEO Tim Latimer on the Volts podcast was really fascinating: https://www.volts.wtf/p/enhanced-geothermal-power-is-finally https://www.volts.wtf/p/enhanced-geothermal-power-is-finally As a layperson I was certainly impressed by the notion that enhanced geothermal could get us the last x% of firm energy needed for a stable grid once solar+wind+batteries have gone as far as they can go. Another interesting tidbit is that you can actually use their system to store excess energy from, e.g., wind and solar.

angiosperm 3y ago
Once we have plenty of solar and wind generation capacity built out, it will be time to start building out short-term storage. Until then, generating capacity is the best place to put capital. In time we will have tropical solar-powered ammonia synthesis, to ship to places that are in danger of draining short-term storage or are in polar night. So, "as far as they can go" is meaningless. They can go the whole way.