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Nov 11, 8:47 PM
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https://www.autonocion.com/us/11200-foot-geothermal-well-utah-11-days-555-degrees-155-hotter-several-gigawatts/
An 11,200-foot geothermal well drilled straight down into the Utah desert in under 11 days hit rock above 555 degrees, 155 degrees hotter than the rock feeding its driller’s new power plant one county south, and an outside review put the field at several gigawatts
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Luis Reyes
Oct 31, at 7:30am ET
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Fervo Energy just drilled the hottest well in its history in Utah's Millard County, and the rock down there runs more than 125 degrees hotter than the rock already feeding its brand-new commercial power plant one county south.
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That temperature gap isn't just a bragging point — hotter rock means dramatically more energy from every single well drilled, and Fervo's own CEO linked a much smaller temperature jump to a 27% power output increase, which tells you something significant about what Blanford could eventually deliver.
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