$250,000 - $10,000,000
Stimulate Utilization of Plentiful Energy in Rocks through High-temperature Original Technologies (SUPERHOT)
From US Department of Energy (DOE)
As the demand for power in the U.S. increases, driven by the rise in data centers and increasing electrification, superhot geothermal power can play an important role in addressing this critical need. The goal of the SUPERHOT program is to support research and development of new technologies to enable scalable superhot geothermal by addressing the major technical challenges affecting geothermal well life and the ability to harvest subsurface energy effectively. Consequently, the focus is on the following subject areas: 1) robust well construction, and 2) transfer of heat from the surrounding geologic formation to the well.