On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, the Cascade Institute and Clear Air Activity Pressure (CATF) revealed a brand new report, Drilling for Superhot Geothermal Power: A Know-how Hole Evaluation, co-authored by the Cascade Institute’s Rebecca Pearce with Tony Pink of Pink Granite Consulting.
The drilling report opinions state-of-the-art deep geothermal drilling and well-construction applied sciences, identifies present know-how gaps, and suggests methods to beat these gaps. The authors discovered that superhot geothermal wells will be drilled by deploying a mixture of present applied sciences and that the technological challenges to SHR drilling are surmountable. Recognized applied sciences embrace standard drill bits, hybrid standard drill bits, direct vitality drilling programs, high-temperature downhole instruments, insulated drill pipe, low-heat coefficient coatings, supercritical CO2, drilling fluid, drilling muds, and dirt coolers.
The report is one in a set of 5 flagship CATF Superhot Rock Power program hole analyses throughout key applied sciences which might be important for the success of deep geothermal at a business scale (different studies tackle gaps round siting/characterization, properly design and development, warmth extraction, and energy manufacturing).
For extra info, please contact:
Nicole Pointon
Communications Supervisor Cascade Institute
pointon@cascadeinstitute.org
