The Superhot Blueprint: Episode 1
Nobody has built a superhot geothermal power plant before, but we’re on track to be the first. It’s a principle baked into our mission: developing the most impactful energy solutions as soon as possible. We’re already doing so with millimeter wave drilling, and now, the first commercial operations of superhot geothermal energy.
Like any successful project, though, we have a blueprint. Join us this year to watch how we’re developing the first superhot plants, from start to finish. It all begins with our geothermal maxim: hotter is better.
Video Transcript
In 2018, Quaise Energy began with a mission to unlock a new form of sustainable energy — one that can supercharge a more viable energy transition and lift millions out of energy poverty.
How? Superhot geothermal.
Superhot means more energy that produces more power. The hotter, the better.
At 300-500 degrees Celsius, we can generate up to 10 times as much power as normal geothermal, which means more clean power on less land, at a lower cost, and faster speed of deployment. At this scale, geothermal reaches economic and power parity with fossil fuels.
To unlock superhot geothermal around the world, we’ve been fast-tracking the key technology founded in decades of fusion science: millimeter wave drilling.
Superhot conditions are always found deep underground, and millimeter waves show the highest potential of reaching new depths at lower costs.
Now, we’re laying the foundation for our first commercial operations: superhot geothermal power plants online by the end of this decade.
We are already:
- Leasing land for pilot plants in the western United States
- Securing commercial offtake agreements
- Laying out detailed subsurface development plans
As we move forward, we’ll share our approach for bringing terawatts of clean power online in record time.