The Earth’s molten core is as hot as the Sun as evidenced by the eruption of volcanos and geysers such as Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park. Harnessing just 0.1% of that heat energy can power humanity for 2 million years.
Current state-of-the-art drilling technology cannot drill deep enough to make geothermal cost effective at a global scale. We are developing XDrillTM, a breakthrough drilling technology to boldly go where no humans have gone before. The deeper we go the more heat energy we can unleash.
Unlike large area solar and wind farms, a 9-inch hole drilled 5 miles deep can produce the same amount of power as 320 acres of solar panels. By plugging into this power deep within the Earth, we aim to provide direct access to an unlimited source of constant heat energy which can be used to produce unlimited, low-cost, green electricity anywhere in the world.
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The century old $5 trillion global oil & gas industry includes companies that have mastered the art of drilling. They have global scale infrastructure and the people needed for drilling, management and operations. However, their drilling technologies are not designed for the high heat, high pressure and high corrosion conditions of deep geothermal.
Read MoreWe are developing a suite of breakthrough drilling technologies, based on existing oil & gas drilling techniques, to boldly go where no oil rig has gone before.
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We start with the tried and true concept of an oil and gas exploration drill. Then, we change the method and geometry of drilling in such a way that we reduce the stress around the wellbore – in effect weakening the rock.
We intend to use traditional oil and gas casing down several miles, then switch to our special single mono-bore casing to go all the way to superhot rock.
At about 5 to 6 miles down, the superhot rock is approximately 400oC. Water becomes very corrosive and has cause many early geothermal systems to fail. We intend to develop high performance anti-corrosion coatings to protect well casings, valves, heat exchangers and other equipment.
Superhot rock geothermal energy is a visionary technology deserving of investment, and yet almost entirely unrecognized in the decarbonization debate. It has the potential to meet long-term demands for zero-carbon, always-on power, and can generate hydrogen for transportation fuel and other applications. Unlocking the potential of this energy source could expand our options and potentially carve a path forward to replace fossil fuels.
As COP27 approaches amidst a global energy crisis and world leaders turn their focus to addressing both energy security and climate change, a new report from Clean Air Task Force (CATF) details a potentially groundbreaking tool to manage both: superhot rock energy.
A form of advanced geothermal energy that uses innovative deep drilling techniques, superhot rock energy has the potential to provide abundant, always available, renewable, cost-competitive, carbon-free energy virtually everywhere on Earth — all with a land-use footprint much smaller than that of other energy sources.
The report provides an overview of existing and announced projects in Japan, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, and the U.S., and details the advances needed to reach commercialization – including improvements to thermal reservoir creation, well construction, downhole power and remote sensing tools, and surface power production.
Read MoreIncreased access to geothermal resources. Reduced costs and improved economics for geothermal projects Improved education and outreach about geothermal energy.
The analysis projected that, through technology improvements, geothermal electricity generation capacity has the potential to increase to more than 60 gigawatts by 2050—providing 8.5% of all U.S. electricity generation.
To evaluate the potential for geothermal energy to contribute to America’s energy future, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office initiated the GeoVision analysis—a detailed research effort to explore opportunities for increased geothermal deployment and the pathways necessary to overcome technical and non-technical barriers to such deployment. The analysis evaluated opportunities for successful geothermal deployment based on three key objectives.
Read MoreTo realize geothermal energy’s full potential, stakeholders must reduce risk and costs by overcoming significant technical and non-technical barriers.
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We start with the tried and true concept of an oil and gas exploration drill. Then, we change the method and geometry of drilling in such a way that we reduce the stress around the wellbore – in effect weakening the rock.
We intend to use traditional oil and gas casing down several miles, then switch to our special single mono-bore casing to go all the way to superhot rock.
At about 5 to 6 miles down, the superhot rock is approximately 400oC. Water becomes very corrosive and has cause many early geothermal systems to fail. We intend to develop high performance anti-corrosion coatings to protect well casings, valves, heat exchangers and other equipment.
As COP27 approaches amidst a global energy crisis and world leaders turn their focus to addressing both energy security and climate change, a new report from Clean Air Task Force (CATF) details a potentially groundbreaking tool to manage both: superhot rock energy.
DiscoverRapid energy innovation is clearly needed now to meet the immense climate challenge. Vast amounts of reliable and dispatchable (always available) zero-carbon power will be needed to support the demand for access to energy by the growing global population.
Read MoreIn a superhot rock system, water is injected deep into hot rock, heated, and returned to the Earth’s surface as steam that can be used to produce power in electric turbines or to generate hydrogen using a high temperature process.
Superhot rock is expected to produce five to ten times as much energy as the power produced from one of today’s commercial geothermal wells.
DeepPower, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough geothermal drilling technology to access the Earth’s unlimited source of clean energy, today announced that in a recent Company podcast CEO Andrew Van Noy spoke with Carol Blood, twice-elected Nebraska State Senator […]
Terra Rogers, Program Director of Super Hot Rock Energy at Clean Air Task Force, discusses the future of Geothermal Energy with DeepPower CEO Andrew Van Noy LEHI, Utah, March 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DeepPower, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough geothermal drilling technology to access the Earth’s unlimited source of clean energy, announced that […]
As the global energy crisis worsens, the Company aims to tap the unlimited source of clean geothermal energy that lies right below our feet Lehi, UT, November 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DeepPower, Inc. is a clean energy company developing breakthrough drilling technologies to access Earth’s unlimited source of clean geothermal energy. In the transition […]
Like the villain in the 1958 horror movie The Blob, a floating bed of algae called sargassum can double in size every two weeks, sequestering massive amounts of carbon dioxide in the process. Control the growth of sargassum and one can control the temperature of the planet; so goes the thinking at Seafields Solutions Ltd., a U.K. […]
In the first six months of 2022, 24% of U.S. utility-scale electricity generation came from renewable sources, based on data from U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Electric Power Monthly. Renewables’ share increased from 21% for the same time period last year. Renewables are the fastest-growing electricity generation source in the United States, accoring to the EIA. […]
What is Geothermal energy Geothermal energy is produced by utilizing the heat from water reservoirs deep underground which has been heated by hot magma that lies close to the earth’s surface. The majority of Geothermal resources are normally found along tectonic plate boundaries where a large number of volcanoes and earthquakes are concentrated. There are […]
