Fracking Technology Made Geothermal Energy Commercially Viable

Podcast: The Innovation Attorney Podcast · The Innovation Attorney

Opublikowano: 2026-10-18

Fracking technology from shale drilling cut Fervo Energy’s geothermal well time from 70 days in 2022 to 21 days in 2024, and the 2026 Cape Station plant runs on it. Geothermal energy needs three things underground: heat, water, and a path for the water to travel through hot rock. Heat exists nearly everywhere below the surface. The path was missing in most places until oil field crews applied horizontal drilling and multistage fracturing with diamond cutter bits to granite. Fervo announced first power from Cape Station in Utah on September 24, 2026. Why Is Geothermal Energy a Small Share of U.S...