FORGE has achieved substantial success in well drilling, reservoir stimulation, and in the creation of an EGS. Between October 2020 and April 2024, the FORGE team drilled two, first-of-their-kind wells and performed multiple innovative stimulations that created a strong subsurface flow pathway that did not previously exist.

2025年1月14日 · Utah FORGE, DOE-backed lab, pioneers Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) to boost global geothermal energy and drive sustainable innovation.

Utah FORGE scientists and engineers work to develop, test, and accelerate breakthroughs in enhanced geothermal system (EGS) technologies and techniques, including the initialization and continuation of fracture networks in basement rock formations.

2018年4月13日 · FORGE计划旨在建立一个地下实验室来开展增强型地热系统（EGS）的前沿研究，并建立建设大规模、经济可持续和商业化的EGS所需要的技术。 该计划的所有研发工作将集中于加强认识控制EGS成功与否的关键机理、如何在基岩地层中建立和维护裂缝网络。

2024年5月27日 · 核心提示：犹他州地热能研究前沿观测站 (Utah FORGE)在激发和循环测试后，发布了突破性的EGS项目进展报告。 测试证实了生产井和注入井之间增强的连通性、生产温度、流体流动路径，以及激发过程中没有明显的诱发地震活动。

Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), or human-made geothermal energy, holds the potential to power more than 65 million American homes and businesses, and is the next frontier for renewable energy deployment.

2024年5月23日 · h in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) at the University of Utah has successfully stimulated wells 16A(78)-32 (injection) and 16B(78)-32 (production). A 9-hour proved fluid flow and energy transfer from an Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) reservoir in hot dry granite – a major breakthrough for the industry.

最新发表在《地热学》期刊上的一篇论文介绍了犹他州前沿研究地热能（FORGE）增强地热系统（EGS）站点的地质特征。 研究通过对EGS储层的地质了解，揭示了深井所穿越的岩石类型，包括沉积盆地填充地层和下伏的结晶基岩。

Develop a geologic model of a potential site via surface, geologic, geophysical, and remote sensing exploration. Assess the temperature gradient, permeability, in-situ stress directions of the resource, rock mechanical properties, and whether fluid is present. Determine if the necessary characteristics to create an EGS reservoir are present.

2025年3月14日 · FORGE is not the only facility working on EGS, but many other sites around the world having ceased activities after issues ranging from induced seismicity, susceptibility to earthquakes and budget ...