In April 2024, the stimulation of the production and injection wells created the fracture network that forms the reservoir. It was followed by a successful commercial scale circulation test.
Current Activities at Utah FORGE
As part of the Energy & Geoscience Institute‘s Spring Webinar Series, Dr. Joseph Moore recently gave an overview of geothermal energy and enhanced geothermal systems.
… Enhanced geothermal systems are characterized by very low permeabilities and so the goal for EGS is to create permeabilty where none exists naturally…
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Dr. Moore gave a brief summary of the most current activities at Utah FORGE, its recent successes and challenges.
Utah FORGE is a Department of Energy funded project and all of the data is free and publicly available in the Geothermal Data Repository. Please visit our Data Dashboard to explore the various areas of datasets available.
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Circulation Experiments at Utah FORGE – Geothermics Peter Niemz
Paper by Peter Niemz et al., (Geothermics) describes seismic observations from the circulation tests at FORGE using only the regional (near-)surface network of the UUSS.
Press Release Solicitation 2022-2 Award Selectees
University of Utah and Utah FORGE Choose 13 Selectees to Begin Negotiations for up to $44M in Research to Advance Enhanced Geothermal SystemsSALT LAKE CITY, UT., November 14, 2023 – The Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) at the...
Press Release: Drilling of the Production Well Begins
Utah FORGE Drills Geothermal Production Well. Second deep deviated well in doublet pair. A highly deviated well drilled in hard, hot crystalline granite – will mirror previously drilled...