Ground Truth

by Fervo Energy

Before Fervo Energy was a company, there was a flood in Houston, a Stanford class project, and a young engineer convinced fracking technology could crack geothermal energy wide open. Ground Truth traces Fervo’s decade-long climb from that grad-school hunch to a multibillion-dollar IPO, told not as corporate history, but as a human one. Host Olivia Johnson, new to the company herself, talks to the founders and early team about the years nobody believed them, the breakthrough in the Nevada desert, and what is expected to be the largest next-generation geothermal project on Earth rising in Utah.

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Under Contract

Building Fervo has been a roller coaster, with big highs, daunting lows, and a team doing things that should be impossible. Dawn Owens and David Ulrey share the ins and o

Oct 29
31 min

The Proof is in the Pilot

Dawn Owens wasn’t looking for a job, and Sarah Jewett had walked away from a sandwich with Tim Latimer without a second thought. Both ended up joining Fervo Energy, where

Oct 22
35 min

A Class Project

Tim Latimer, a drilling engineer, came to Stanford to start a geothermal company using techniques from the shale boom. As the lone MBA in engineering classes, he won over

Oct 15
34 min

Twenty Feet of Water

Tim Latimer grew up next to the last coal plant built in America. As a drilling engineer, a string of heat-damaged motors led him to geothermal energy and the realization

Oct 8
24 min

Ground Truth: A Fervo Energy Podcast

Fervo Energy delivers 24/7 carbon-free geothermal energy. But before there was a company, there was a flood, a broken motor, and a class project. Join Olivia, a Fervo new

Oct 5
2 min