Here are a few examples of drilling technology that will try and drill 10-30 km down through the crust into areas with enough heat to make supercritical steam.

Here are a few examples of drilling technology that will try and drill 10-30 km down through the crust into areas with enough heat to make supercritical steam. Lasers, plasma, etc. Russians did it the hard way back in the day. https://www.foroenergy.com/drilling https://www.foroenergy.com/drilling https://www.ieg.fraunhofer.de/en/references/ppgd.html https://www.ieg.fraunhofer.de/en/references/ppgd.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995822624003388 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S199582262... https://www.wired.com/story/new-tech-cuts-rock-without-grinding-it/ https://www.wired.com/story/new-tech-cuts-rock-without-grind...