Hey all, I hope you’ll read my latest L.A. Times column and let me know what you think. Here’s how it starts:
>*In the fight against climate change, they’re humanity’s mighty Avengers: Solar panels. Wind turbines. Electric cars.*
>*And now, superheated rocks.*
>*Geothermal power plants — which tap scorching-hot underground rocks and reservoirs to generate renewable electricity — have been bit players in California’s energy landscape for decades, too expensive to compete with solar, wind and fossil fuels.*
>*On Tuesday, they took a giant leap forward.*
>*Geothermal startup Fervo Energy — which has spent seven years perfecting lower-cost drilling techniques, with financial backing from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and other investors — announced its largest contract to date, a milestone 15-year deal to sell 320 megawatts of climate-friendly power to Southern California Edison, one of the nation’s largest utility companies.*
>*That’s enough electricity to power 350,000 homes. It will be available to Edison customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.*
>*“This is a technology that is bankable, ready for prime time,” Fervo’s chief executive, Tim Latimer, said in an interview.*
Again, I hope you’ll read the whole piece and let me know what you think. And if you’re interested, you can sign up to get my Boiling Point newsletters in your inbox by going to [latimes.com/boilingpoint](http://latimes.com/boilingpoint)
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Hey all, I hope you’ll read my latest L.A. Times column and let me know what you think. Here’s how it starts:
>*In the fight against climate change, they’re humanity’s mighty Avengers: Solar panels. Wind turbines. Electric cars.*
>*And now, superheated rocks.*
>*Geothermal power plants — which tap scorching-hot underground rocks and reservoirs to generate renewable electricity — have been bit players in California’s energy landscape for decades, too expensive to compete with solar, wind and fossil fuels.*
>*On Tuesday, they took a giant leap forward.*
>*Geothermal startup Fervo Energy — which has spent seven years perfecting lower-cost drilling techniques, with financial backing from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and other investors — announced its largest contract to date, a milestone 15-year deal to sell 320 megawatts of climate-friendly power to Southern California Edison, one of the nation’s largest utility companies.*
>*That’s enough electricity to power 350,000 homes. It will be available to Edison customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.*
>*“This is a technology that is bankable, ready for prime time,” Fervo’s chief executive, Tim Latimer, said in an interview.*
Again, I hope you’ll read the whole piece and let me know what you think. And if you’re interested, you can sign up to get my Boiling Point newsletters in your inbox by going to [latimes.com/boilingpoint](http://latimes.com/boilingpoint)