The energy generation site will be connected to the grid and power Google's data centers in Nevada.
Startups like Fervo Energy have devised newer ways to make geothermal energy accessible in most regions. The wells are drilled deep underground, and fluid is injected into them to create fractures in the rock to increase their permeability. This then creates the conditions needed to generate electricity.
For the demo, Fervo used a horizontal well pair that extended to 3,250 feet and reached a temperature of 375 Fahrenheit . During the test period, Fervo achieved a flow rate of 63 liters per second, sufficient to generate 3.5 MW of electricity. One megawatt of energy can power approximately 750 homes at a time.
Fervo now plans to connect the Nevada site to the electrical grid and provide energy to Google's data centers, with whom it signed an agreement for carbon-free energy in 2021, the first corporate agreement in the geothermal sector.
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