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 Quaise 'The Superhot Blueprint' explainer videos October 2025:
 :[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z9J_ZPv46Y part 3 - Characterization]
 :[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1OCJSKC9jk part 4 - Conventional Drilling]

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 :[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYHcCsFlD2Q Quaise Field Testing video]
-Quaise explainer videos October 2025:
+Quaise 'The Superhot Blueprint' explainer videos October 2025:
-:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z9J_ZPv46Y part 3 - Characterization - The Superhot Blueprint]
+:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z9J_ZPv46Y part 3 - Characterization]
-:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1OCJSKC9jk part 4]
+:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1OCJSKC9jk part 4 - Conventional Drilling]
-:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqpDnwoP17M part 5]
+:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqpDnwoP17M part 5 - Millimeter Wave Drilling]
 [https://cyrqenergy.com/ Cyrq Energy] operates [https://cyrqenergy.com/energy-plant-locations/ six geothermal power plants] around the western US, including the 15.3 MW Lightning Rock Geothermal Power Plant in Animas, NM, near Lordsburg. The plant operates a closed loop water circulation system.

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 Quaise explainer videos October 2025:
-:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z9J_ZPv46Y&t=66s part 3]
+:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z9J_ZPv46Y part 3 - Characterization - The Superhot Blueprint]
-;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1OCJSKC9jk part 4]
+:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1OCJSKC9jk part 4]
 :[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqpDnwoP17M part 5]

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 :[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYHcCsFlD2Q Quaise Field Testing video]
-:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqpDnwoP17M Quaise explainer Oct 2025 video]
+Quaise explainer videos October 2025:
 [https://cyrqenergy.com/ Cyrq Energy] operates [https://cyrqenergy.com/energy-plant-locations/ six geothermal power plants] around the western US, including the 15.3 MW Lightning Rock Geothermal Power Plant in Animas, NM, near Lordsburg. The plant operates a closed loop water circulation system.

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	:"Quaise is working on full-scale, field-deployable demonstration machines, which it says will begin operating in 2024. It plans to have its first "super-hot enhanced geothermal system" rated to 100 megawatts in operation by 2026."		:"Quaise is working on full-scale, field-deployable demonstration machines, which it says will begin operating in 2024. It plans to have its first "super-hot enhanced geothermal system" rated to 100 megawatts in operation by 2026."
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		+	Update on progress October 2025:
		+	:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYHcCsFlD2Q Quaise Field Testing video]
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		+	:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqpDnwoP17M Quaise explainer Oct 2025 video]

	[https://cyrqenergy.com/ Cyrq Energy] operates [https://cyrqenergy.com/energy-plant-locations/ six geothermal power plants] around the western US, including the 15.3 MW Lightning Rock Geothermal Power Plant in Animas, NM, near Lordsburg. The plant operates a closed loop water circulation system.		[https://cyrqenergy.com/ Cyrq Energy] operates [https://cyrqenergy.com/energy-plant-locations/ six geothermal power plants] around the western US, including the 15.3 MW Lightning Rock Geothermal Power Plant in Animas, NM, near Lordsburg. The plant operates a closed loop water circulation system.

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 [https://www.eavor.com/ Eavor Technologies Inc] has demonstrated their AGS loop technology and are working on scaling up via their [https://www.eavor.com/eavor-deep/ EavorDeep Project] - "the deepest & hottest directional geothermal well".
-[https://fervoenergy.com/ Fervo Energy] provides 24/7 carbon-free energy through the development of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Fervo's key advancements in drilling and subsurface analytics bring a full suite of modern technology to make geothermal cost competitive and globally scalable. Fervo will explore EGS potential at Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon in Nevada. For more on the story:
+[https://fervoenergy.com/ Fervo Energy] provides 24/7 carbon-free energy through the development of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Fervo's key advancements in drilling and subsurface analytics bring a full suite of modern technology to make geothermal cost competitive and globally scalable. Fervo runs 'Project Red' to explore EGS potential at Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon in Nevada. For more on the this and the Project Red story:
 :[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-geothermal-technology-could-expand-clean-power-generation/ New Geothermal Technology Could Expand Clean Power Generation] - Scientific American - April 2024

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 = Geologic Hydrogen =
-see main article Hydrogen Background
+:''Main Article [[Hydrogen Background]]''
 [[Hydrogen_Background#White_.28Natural_or_Geologic.29_Hydrogen | Geologic or White hydrogen]] can be found in very pure quantities in some geologic formations. While it's not a fossil fuel it is a naturally occurring source of fuel that can be used in fuel-cells or combusted to produce power.

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	= Geologic Hydrogen =		= Geologic Hydrogen =
		+	see main article Hydrogen Background
		+
	[[Hydrogen_Background#White_.28Natural_or_Geologic.29_Hydrogen \| Geologic or White hydrogen]] can be found in very pure quantities in some geologic formations. While it's not a fossil fuel it is a naturally occurring source of fuel that can be used in fuel-cells or combusted to produce power.		[[Hydrogen_Background#White_.28Natural_or_Geologic.29_Hydrogen \| Geologic or White hydrogen]] can be found in very pure quantities in some geologic formations. While it's not a fossil fuel it is a naturally occurring source of fuel that can be used in fuel-cells or combusted to produce power.

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	:[https://newatlas.com/energy/quaise-deep-geothermal-millimeter-wave-drill/ Fusion tech is set to unlock near-limitless ultra-deep geothermal energy] - New Atlas - Feb 25, 2022		:[https://newatlas.com/energy/quaise-deep-geothermal-millimeter-wave-drill/ Fusion tech is set to unlock near-limitless ultra-deep geothermal energy] - New Atlas - Feb 25, 2022
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		+	Drillers can use electromagnetic waves generated by a gyrotron in the millimeter-wave part of the spectrum, with wavelengths shorter than microwaves, but longer than visible or infra-red light.

	= Biomass =		= Biomass =

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 Geothermal power, from any source, is not truly renewable, since the heat extraction rate is faster than the rate at which natural processes can replenish it. Even in hydrothermal energy sources, heat is usually extracted at a greater rate than it is being replaced but the lifetime of well is of the order of decades.
-NM, Tom Solomon presented his "[https://www.nmlegis.gov/handouts/EDPC%20101222%20Item%203%20Geothermal%20Electricity.pdf Developing New Mexico’s Geothermal Heat and Electricity]" to the Economic Development and Policy Committee on Oct 12, 20022. The promising technology is closed-loop system that doesn't require fracking or having to deal with contaminants in the returned hot water.
+====Geothermal Energy in NM====
-[https://www.eavor.com/ Eavor Technologies Inc] has demonstrated their loop technology and are working on scaling up via their [https://www.eavor.com/eavor-deep/ EavorDeep Project] - "the deepest & hottest directional geothermal well".
+====Companies Pursuing Geothermal Energy====
-Two approaches can be used [[Hot Dry Rock Geothermal]] vs [[Hot Wet Rock Geothermal]], the latter can bring up dissolved minerals that may need careful handling for toxicity and corrosiveness. See:
+:[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-geothermal-technology-could-expand-clean-power-generation/ New Geothermal Technology Could Expand Clean Power Generation] - Scientific American - April 2024
 :[https://geothermal.org/resources/geothermal-basics Geothermal Energy: The Basics] - Geothermal Rising.
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 :[https://public.lanl.gov/geophysics/geophysics/staff/brown/HDRintheUS.pdf "Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Energy Development in the USA"] - David Duchane and Donald Brown
 For a review of the state of the art of geothermal energy and some of the engineering obstacles, see;
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 :[https://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_c_beard_the_untapped_energy_source_that_could_power_the_planet?language=en The untapped energy source that could power the planet] - TEDMonterey - Jamie Beard - July 2021
-MIT spinoff company Quaise is investigating [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrotron gyrotron] hybrid technologies for deep well drilling where energy generation efficiencies rise substantially.
+More on Quaise technology:
 :[https://newatlas.com/energy/quaise-deep-geothermal-millimeter-wave-drill/  Fusion tech is set to unlock near-limitless ultra-deep geothermal energy] - New Atlas - Feb 25, 2022
 = Biomass =