Happy Wednesday! We hope you have been able to keep warm and dry on this gloomy day!
We love a follow-up, and this goes
with a Blog we did back in 2024 on Valentine’s Day. We blogged on the three awardees for the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office’s Enhanced Geothermal
Systems on the West Coast. The three
awardees were Fervo Energy, Chevron New Energies, and Mazama Energy. This article goes into Mazama Energy’s
innovative technology.
Did anyone see the article from
the Department of Energy (DOE) and their Geothermal Technologies Office’s
(GTO) The Drill Down Newsletter on January 15, 2025, their article, “Heating
Things Up: GTO’s Superhot Rock Research Breaking New Ground”? In the article, it speaks more in-depth on the
innovation Mazama Energy has created called MUSE (Modular Unconventional
Superhot Energy) and the possibility the technology is ready to use on a
commercial scale. Mazama Energy was
one of the West Coast’s recipients who were awarded federal dollars from the DOE
for enhancing geothermal systems (EGS), and they were eligible for receiving up
to $60 million. Mazama Energy
will use their MUSE technology on the Newberry Volcano in Oregon for its pilot project
on the feasibility of using superhot rock (SHR) technology to prove ESG will be
able to use temperatures above 375°. If
the SHR works on large scale, it could make 4.3 terawatts of clean renewable energy. Mazama Energy’s technology will be
using the Newberry Volcano which was proven in an earlier EGS Demonstration to
be an ideal reservoir for this kind of SHR study. We wish them luck and hope they will be
fueling the future of the what’s next in geothermal on our way to a zero-emission
future and an electrified world! If you
would like to read more of the GTO’s article, please click the link: Heating Things Up: GTO’s Superhot Rock Research Breaking New Ground | Department ofEnergy.
If you would like help in looking
into how to transport and store your liquid products and how clean energies
may help you cut your carbon footprint, or what is below your feet, contact us
via the email in the Blog and check out our ESC website!
We hope you have a wonderful evening! Keep warm and dry!
**Disclaimer: Please see the GTO’s article for
specifics. **