{"id":267013,"date":"2025-11-02T14:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/267013\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T14:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:12:32","slug":"mazama-energy-unveils-the-worlds-hottest-enhanced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/267013\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazama Energy Unveils the World\u2019s Hottest Enhanced"},"content":{"rendered":"

DALLAS, Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mazama Energy, Inc.<\/a>, a company incubated by Khosla Ventures and backed by Khosla Ventures and Gates Frontier, today announced a technologically significant leap for clean energy: the creation of the world\u2019s hottest Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) at its pilot site in Newberry, Oregon \u2013 at an unprecedented 629 \u00b0F (331 \u00b0C) bottomhole temperature. This breakthrough sets a new global benchmark for geothermal technology and marks a critical step towards delivering low-cost, carbon-free baseload power at terawatt-scale, targeting less than 5 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

A New Era for Data Center Energy: Always-On, Anywhere, Carbon-Free<\/p>\n

As data centers and AI workloads surge, the world faces an unprecedented demand for continuous, high-density power. Traditional renewables such as solar and wind are intermittent, while natural gas and coal are carbon intensive. By developing geothermal resources at temperatures above 300 \u00b0C, Mazama can deliver power 24\/7 from virtually anywhere in the world, regardless of weather or time of day. This makes Mazama\u2019s geothermal platform the ideal solution for hyperscale data centers and industrial electrification.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith geothermal, you get global, round-the-clock energy that is carbon-free, cost-stable, and grid-independent,\u201d said Sriram Vasantharajan, CEO of Mazama Energy. \u201cOur team\u2019s accomplishments expand the frontiers of geothermal power into significantly hotter and more heterogeneous rock regimes than ever before. The Newberry pilot provides a blueprint for unlocking baseload, utility-scale, carbon-free energy from the Earth\u2019s crust worldwide, which is what the next generation of AI and cloud infrastructure requires.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. John McLennan, Reservoir Management Lead at Utah FORGE, said, \u201cThis is a validation of an integrated development program that has successfully interconnected two slightly deviated wells and circulated a representative working fluid \u2013 a fulfillment of a vision from nearly fifty years ago to create a full scale EGS reservoir which was initiated by Los Alamos National Laboratory at Fenton Hill, New Mexico. This proof of concept opens the door to deeper and hotter opportunities at Newberry and beyond.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unlocking SuperHot Geothermal: Toward Terawatt-Scale Clean Energy<\/p>\n

Mazama will next advance to commercial projects with horizontal wells, beginning with a 15 MW pilot in 2026 and then scaling to a 200 MW development project at Newberry. The company will also extend its drilling into the SuperHot Rock regime (>400 \u00b0C range), leveraging proprietary high-temperature materials, cooling solutions and stimulation technologies. Harnessing SuperHot Rock resources will allow Mazama to extract up to 10x more power density, use 75% less water and drill 80% fewer wells than current approaches.\u00a0Mazama aims to deliver terawatts of competitive and dispatchable power\u00a0globally.<\/p>\n

Located within the Cascade Range, Newberry is one of the largest geothermal reservoirs in the U.S. At the demonstration site, Mazama\u2019s engineers first completed and stimulated a legacy well to serve as the water injector.\u00a0 Mazama then successfully drilled a new, 10,200-foot deviated producer well within six feet of its planned trajectory achieving optimal alignment with the injector. Initial circulation tests and diagnostics confirm comprehensive connectivity between the two wells and the creation of the hottest-ever EGS.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mazama\u2019s team successfully deployed a spectrum of innovative technologies \u2013 including directional drilling, high-temperature well construction, and proprietary stimulation — to deliver performance under conditions far beyond traditional oil and gas industry limits. The team operated year-round at a remote, high-altitude site, with zero lost-time incidents.<\/p>\n

During the technical demonstration, Mazama achieved:<\/p>\n

Peak drill penetration rates of 100 feet\/hourAverage 76 feet\/hour across diverse rock types: granite, basalt, and granodioriteRecord-breaking bit runs up to 2,760 feet through volcanic formationsZero downhole failures of motors or measurement toolsWell integrity and cement stability at ultra-high temperatures <\/p>\n

At the heart of this success is Mazama\u2019s proprietary Thermal Lattice\u2122 stimulation, which is a patented process, purpose-built for enhanced geothermal environments.\u00a0 Building on conventional hydraulic fracturing, Thermal Lattice\u2122 enables complex fracture creation and improved connectivity. The Newberry project also demonstrated the successful use of crosslinked fracturing fluid systems, sliding sleeves, chemical and nano tracers, and fiber-optic diagnostics for real-time fracture mapping and temperature monitoring.\u00a0<\/p>\n

About Mazama Energy<\/p>\n

Mazama Energy is pioneering\u00a0Enhanced Geothermal Systems\u00a0and\u00a0SuperHot Rock technologies to deliver low-cost, dispatchable, and carbon-free power at a global scale. Through its proprietary\u00a0MUSE\u2122 technology platform, Mazama is redefining geothermal performance and unlocking the world\u2019s largest untapped renewable resource deep heat from the Earth\u2019s crust.<\/p>\n

For more information about Mazama, visit www.mazamaenergy.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Media Contact\u00a0
Claire Underwood
claire@teamsilverline.com<\/a>
<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/NewsRoom\/AttachmentNg\/677a88f3-bb6a-4b91-9216-b70451865e7c<\/a><\/p>\n

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