Fervo Selects Baker Hughes for Geothermal Equipment Supply

Baker Hughes, a global energy technology company, announced on Tuesday that it has received an award from Fervo Energy Company, a leader in advanced geothermal energy solutions, for geothermal equipment supply and design for five Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power plants in Fervo’s Cape Station power generation project near Milford, Utah. The Cape Phase II ORC plants, once operational, will generate a projected 300 megawatts of stable, clean, and affordable electricity, sufficient to power approximately 180,000 homes.

The equipment currently being built by Baker Hughes is supposed to seamlessly operate with Fervo’s Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) so that a fully integrated power plant can be developed. This collaboration seeks to accelerate sustainable baseload power scalability. The award includes Fervo-exclusive surface power generation equipment, drawing on Baker Hughes’ extensive geothermal technology portfolio, which spans subsurface and production technology through to power generation solutions.

“Baker Hughes’ expertise and technology are ideal complements to the ongoing progress at Cape Station, which has been under construction and successfully meeting project milestones for almost two years,” said Tim Latimer, CEO and co-founder of Fervo Energy. “Fervo designed Cape Station to be a flagship development that’s scalable, repeatable, and a proof point that geothermal is ready to become a major source of reliable, carbon-free power in the U.S.”

Baker Hughes’ scope for the project encompasses the design and geothermal equipment supply including five 60-MWe ORC units. This includes the design, manufacturing, and supply of turboexpanders along with the BRUSH™ Power Generation generator. The order will be booked under Baker Hughes’ Industrial & Energy Technology segment and follows earlier awards granted by Fervo for subsurface drilling and production technologies sourced from the company’s Oilfield Services & Equipment business.

“Geothermal power is one of several renewable energy sources expanding globally and proving to be a vital contributor to advancing sustainable energy development,” said Baker Hughes Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Simonelli. “By working with a leader like Fervo Energy and leveraging our comprehensive portfolio of technology solutions, we are supporting the scaling of lower-carbon power solutions that are integral to meet growing global energy demand.”

The Cape Station Phase I is scheduled to deliver 100 megawatts of baseload renewable energy to the grid starting in 2026. Phase II will add another 400 megawatts by 2028. With regulatory approvals in place, the full project is permitted for up to 2 gigawatts of reliable renewable energy capacity.