geothermal drilling

  • Surface facilities at Eavor’s Geretsried closed-loop geothermal project in Bavaria, Germany, including the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power plant equipment, working-fluid storage tanks, and associated piping infrastructure adjacent to one of the site’s drilling rigs. The installation anchors the world’s first commercial deployment of Eavor’s multilateral Eavor-Loop well system, which generates electricity and district heat without fluid exchange with subsurface formations. Courtesy: Luckypage / Ekkehard Winkler.
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    Eavor’s First-of-Its-Kind Closed-Loop Geothermal Project Produces Grid Power in Germany

    Eavor’s Geretsried project marks the first time a closed-loop geothermal system has delivered electricity to a commercial power grid, demonstrating a new pathway for advanced geothermal deployment. Calgary-based Eavor Technologies on Dec. 4, 2025, became the first company to deliver electricity to a commercial power grid at its Geretsried facility in Bavaria, Germany, using a fully […]

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    Large-Scale Enhanced Geothermal System Trial Successfully Completed

    A federally backed effort to advance enhanced geothermal system (EGS) technologies in Utah marked a significant milestone with successful completion of its first large-scale 10-day stimulation in a deep-deviated well. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE), which is sited near the town of Milford on the western […]