2026 GRC Panel – The Wellbore is the Power Plant: Why Deep Closed-Loop Geothermal Changes Everything
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Tuesday, September 22
DID YOU KNOW?
Geothermal energy can be harnessed in a variety of ways, including power production, space/district heating, greenhouses, aquaculture, and many more!
Tuesday, September 22
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Session 3B: Panel – The Wellbore is the Power Plant: Why Deep Closed-Loop Geothermal Changes Everything
For over a century, geothermal energy has followed one premise: find hot fluid, bring it to surface, generate power. Conventional hydrothermal systems depend on the geological lottery of permeable reservoirs and favorable fluid chemistry. Enhanced Geothermal Systems attempted to engineer that permeability — but stimulation uncertainty, induced seismicity concerns, and water consumption have constrained their commercial trajectory. The result is a geothermal industry that, despite its enormous resource base, has remained geographically confined and difficult to scale.
Panelists:
- Lance Sollohub, XGS
- Stephanie Vetsch, EAPOSYS
- Additional panelists to be announced