Fervo Energy is making great progress in this area. They've drilled a injector/producer pair, frac'd between them (exactly like oil/gas), and pump water at ~60

Fervo Energy is making great progress in this area. They've drilled a injector/producer pair, frac'd between them (exactly like oil/gas), and pump water at ~60 L/s. Whatever goes into the injector comes out the producer a few hours later much hotter. Their proof of concept produces 3 MW, and uses ~1MW to power the injection pumps. They are doing a full scale plant in Utah now, and expect ~8 MW net for each injector/producer pair. https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/5704/ https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/5704/ https://fervoenergy.com/fervo-energy-breaks-ground-on-the-worlds-largest-next-gen-geothermal-project/ https://fervoenergy.com/fervo-energy-breaks-ground-on-the-wo...