Fervo's Utah plant is the first utility-scale enhanced geothermal project anywhere to produce power
· L1 Power and land · first of three 33 MW units; about 100 MW Phase I; commercial operation by 1 Oct · Confirmed
Fervo Energy says the first unit at Cape Station, its geothermal plant in Beaver County, Utah, has produced its first power, which it calls the first time a utility-scale enhanced geothermal development has reached that point anywhere in the world. Enhanced geothermal pumps water through hot rock deep underground and uses the heat to make electricity. Phase I is about 100 megawatts in three 33-megawatt units. The first is expected to reach commercial operation by 1 October 2026 and the other two by 1 January 2027. Fervo ties the need for it to electricity demand from data centres and AI; nothing changes for households yet.