Energy · Recorded milestone
Enhanced geothermal power
Recorded year2026
Fervo's Cape Station in Utah starts selling 33 MW from engineered hot-rock wells in September 2026, the first such plant at utility scale.
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Led to
- First superhot-rock power plantForecast · ~2031enables
- Millimetre-wave deep drillingForecast · ~2032enables
- Direct air capture at scaleForecast · ~2033enables
- Drilling into the mantleForecast · ~2045enables
- Superhot-rock geothermal citiesForecast · ~2050enables
- Volcano heat powerForecast · ~2070enables
- Power from seafloor ventsForecast · ~2072enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.