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I've also been following the work of Supercritical, who are tackling the high costs of deep drilling needed (in most locations) for geothermal energy.

https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/disruptive-drilling-technolog...

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Me too, though I think "supercritical" only refers to the water temperature they are targeting, >373 C [1]. The company name is Quaise Energy.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercritical_water_oxidation

This may be an even better article: https://newatlas.com/energy/quaise-deep-geothermal-millimete...

This is a pretty good video on the same thing. This is the "Undecided with Matt Ferrell" channel on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8sjdOjNxIE

There are the usual adds, but nothing unusual in that respect. Seems like a pretty good summary.

Pretty cool startup. Digging 20km deep holes, and only in 3-4 months, this would be amazing.

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