Baker Hughes Wins Contract for Five 300MW Geothermal Plants in Utah

Baker Hughes has been awarded a contract by Fervo Energy to design and deliver equipment for five Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power plants at the Cape Station Phase II geothermal project in Utah, which will generate approximately 300 megawatts of clean and reliable power—enough to supply around 180,000 homes. The project, leveraging Fervo’s Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) technology and Baker Hughes’ geothermal solutions portfolio spanning subsurface to power generation, aims to provide scalable and repeatable sustainable baseload power. Baker Hughes’ scope includes engineering, manufacturing, and supplying turboexpanders and the BRUSH™ Power Generation generators for the 60-MWe ORC units. Cape Station Phase I is expected to deliver 100 MW by 2026, with Phase II adding 400 MW by 2028, and the entire development has permits for up to 2 GW of renewable energy capacity. Both companies emphasize that this collaboration showcases geothermal energy’s potential as a major source of carbon-free power in the U.S., while also marking Baker Hughes’ strategic expansion into the renewable energy market. However, the project timeline and potential regulatory challenges may affect the pace of realization of its full energy potential.