Grid · Oct 19, 2026, 10:13

Fervo's First 33MW Unit Makes Cape Station the First Utility-Scale Enhanced Geothermal Plant

Fervo Energy is selling power from a 33MW unit at its $2 billion, 500MW Cape Station in Utah, the first utility-scale enhanced geothermal plant online.

Geothermal power plant with pipes, cooling units and a drilling rig in a desert valley below mountains — A geothermal plant in a high-desert valley.
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Beaver County, Utah, October 12 — Fervo Energy has started commercial power sales from the first 33MW unit of its Cape Station enhanced geothermal plant, supplying carbon-free electricity to retail provider Shell Energy.

Cape Station is the first utility-scale next-generation geothermal plant to reach this point anywhere. Fervo creates its own reservoir in hot, dry rock using oil and gas drilling methods, instead of relying on natural hot water or steam.

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Diagram: cool water is pumped down a well into fractured hot dry rock and heated water rises to a power plant

Fervo's First 33MW Unit Makes Cape Station the First Utility-Scale Enhanced Geothermal Plant

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