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heatmapnews on February 15, 2024 10:00 pm tl;dr: Fervo Energy, a buzzy new startup, is attracting plenty of attention (and money) for its innovative approach to geothermal drilling.
Tricky-Astronaut on February 15, 2024 10:14 pm Geothermal is great for district heating, but for electricity you have the solar+wind+battery combo which scales exponentially.
ziddyzoo on February 15, 2024 10:14 pm I’m gonna offer a bit of a controversial take here and say that solar is the solar of the 2020s
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tl;dr: Fervo Energy, a buzzy new startup, is attracting plenty of attention (and money) for its innovative approach to geothermal drilling.
No. Mainly due to water constraints.
Geothermal is great for district heating, but for electricity you have the solar+wind+battery combo which scales exponentially.
I’m gonna offer a bit of a controversial take here and say that solar is the solar of the 2020s