Overview

• The Defense Innovation Unit has active agreements with six geothermal developers to advance projects from conceptual designs and reservoir modeling to geophysical surveys and exploration drilling planning
• Fervo Energy completed conceptual plans for an enhanced geothermal system at Naval Air Station Fallon and Sage Geosystems finished reservoir modeling at Fort Bliss and Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
• GreenFire Energy is crafting detailed subsurface concept designs at Naval Air Facility El Centro and assessing development potential at Twenty-Nine Palms and Sierra Army Depot in California
• Teverra is preparing an exploration drilling campaign at White Sands Missile Range while Zanskar Geothermal is conducting geophysical surveys at Mountain Home Air Force Base to guide future drilling
• DIU is collaborating with the Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office, the Interior Department, ESTCP, utilities and state energy offices to overcome technical and permitting hurdles ahead of additional site selections