Endless Clean Energy: 350,000 California Homes to be Powered by Fervo Energy’s 320 MW Geothermal Deal with SCE

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Southern California Edison and Fervo Energy sign a 15-year agreement wherein the former would provide 350,000 households with geothermal energy generated from Cape Station in Utah.

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Cape Station hopes to link 100 additional geothermal wells to the grid by 2026, which would be a significant step towards California's clean energy targets.

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California Energy Commission member David Hochschild discusses how improved geothermal systems offer crucial baseload electricity to balance volatile wind and solar sources.

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By 2026, the first phase of Cape Station is expected to produce 70 MW, and by the time the project is finished in 2028, a total capacity of 400 MW is anticipated.

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Fervo's cutting-edge drilling technology, which is influenced by the oil and gas industry, speeds up geothermal drilling while lowering costs and developing the energy sector.

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With California requiring 1,000 MW of consistent, weather-independent electricity by 2026, geothermal power is becoming more and more popular as a solid option.

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Geothermal energy has the potential to fortify America's infrastructure against the mounting demands of climate change, as Dawn Owens of Fervo Energy explains.

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As part of a ground-breaking geothermal project, Google and Fervo have been providing carbon-free power to its data centres since November 2023.

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With Cape Station standing as the largest geothermal PPA ever signed, Fervo's drilling results in the first part of 2024 suggest that geothermal energy has the ability to completely transform the energy landscape.

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