Geothermal nicely in Salt Cove, Utah (supply: 400C)
Geothermal developer 400C has acquired an current geothermal nicely in Salt Cove, Utah to show their superhot-capable stimulation know-how.
400C Vitality, a tech-enabled enhanced geothermal developer, is happy to announce the acquisition of an current nicely in Utah, close by the DOE FORGE mission. The corporate will show its superhot-capable stimulation know-how on this pilot nicely, providing a scalable and globally deployable answer for twenty-four/7 carbon-free energy.
400C Vitality goals to develop a 275 °C pilot nicely pair with 100 kg/s of sustained stream price, representing almost 20 MWe of energy output – which might be a document breaking EGS nicely pair.
This announcement follows latest information of the corporate buying 1960 acres of geothermal exploration rights in Salt Cove, Utah.
“We’re excited with the acquisition of this asset as it would permit us to show our EGS know-how at a a lot decrease capital requirement. We’re optimistic that the primary pilot deployment of our tech will present a step-change enhance in energy output. It’s important that we now have a technical breakthrough in EGS to draw a lot wanted capital and builders to the geothermal business,” mentioned Blake Wooden of 400C.
“Subsequent-gen enhanced geothermal is a big contender for clear agency energy era – the Western US has huge assets of Tier-1 dry, scorching rock ready to be unlocked with our superhot-capable know-how.”
400C’s proprietary stimulation know-how is rated to over 400 °C and incorporates stream management gadgets into the injection and manufacturing wells to enhance energy output and enhance the lifetime of the reservoir.
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