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Tim Latimer

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fervo

Search every verified Tim Latimer interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Tim Latimer, co-founder and CEO of Fervo Energy, has recently discussed the company's progress in enhanced geothermal energy across multiple public appearances. In a September 2026 interview at Fervo's Cape Station site in Utah, Latimer announced a 400-megawatt power purchase agreement with Google, describing it as the company's largest agreement to date and a continuation of a partnership that began with a pilot project five years earlier. He noted that Google also invested in Fervo's Series E round in 2025, though specific financial terms were not disclosed. Latimer said the company is developing standardized 50-megawatt power blocks and a repeatable well design to reduce costs, and he mentioned pursuing both grid-connected projects and behind-the-meter arrangements for industrial customers seeking 24/7 electricity. In a podcast series about Fervo's history, Latimer recounted his path from working as a drilling engineer in Houston to founding the company, citing a 2015 flood as a moment when climate change intersected with his personal life. He described being focused on starting a geothermal company from his first days at Stanford, where he developed the idea of applying oil and gas drilling technology to geothermal energy. In a separate fireside chat, Latimer reflected on early drilling challenges that contradicted the company's initial thesis, saying he had to inform new investors that the premise was wrong, and he credited Houston's ecosystem of engineering talent and capital for supporting the company's growth. He also stated that Fervo has removed much of the exploration risk historically associated with geothermal by developing a more repeatable drilling model.

Recent appearances

  • Ground Truth: Episode 2: A Class Project

    October 15, 2026 · 📺 Fervo Energy

    Ground Truth Overview: Before Fervo Energy rang the Nasdaq bell, it 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 the largest next-generation geothermal project on Earth rising in Ut…

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  • Ground Truth: Episode 1: Twenty Feet of Water

    October 08, 2026 · 📺 Fervo Energy

    Ground Truth Overview: Before Fervo Energy rang the Nasdaq bell, it 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 the largest next-generation geothermal project on Earth rising in Ut…

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  • Tim Latimer On Scaling the Biggest Clean Energy IPO on Wall Street

    September 17, 2026 · 📺 Greentown

    Jeremy Pitts (Managing Director, Activate Houston) introduced Tim Latimer (CEO & Co-founder, Fervo Energy), who talked through what could be the largest clean energy IPO of the decade in conversation with David Baldwin (Executive Director, OpenMinds, and Partner, SCF Partners). Tim Latimer didn't just prove that next-generation geothermal works, he built a company that went from early-stage startup to public markets, from founding to opening bell in under a decade, faster than almost anyone thought possible in hard infrastructure. In this candid fireside chat, Tim returns to the Greentown sta…

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  • Inside Fervo Energy's enhanced geothermal project in Utah

    September 04, 2026 · 📺 CNBC Television

    Fervo Energy CEO Tim Latimer joins CNBC's Pippa Stevens from their Cape Station site to discuss the company's big bet on enhanced geothermal energy, their new 400 MW deal with Google, their ambitious plans to bring down high upfront costs, and much more. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/42d859g » Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision » Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC » Watch CNBC on the go with CNBC+: https://www.cnbc.com/WatchCNBCPlus Turn to CNBC TV for the latest stock market news and analysis. Fr…

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  • The Oil Driller Who Raised $2 Billion to Replace Fossil Fuels with Geothermal

    August 15, 2026 · 📺 Business For Good Podcast

    What if the same drilling technology that powered the shale boom could be redirected to produce clean, carbon-free electricity around the clock? In this episode of Business For Good, Paul Shapiro sits down with Tim Latimer, CEO and chairman of Fervo Energy, to explore how a former oil and gas drilling engineer built one of the most celebrated clean energy companies in the country in under a decade. Tim started Fervo in 2017 with two core beliefs: that the world would need more reliable clean electricity, and that advances in horizontal drilling had made geothermal energy dramatically more c…

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  • Fervo Energy CEO Tim Latimer on their clean energy IPO

    May 14, 2026 · 📺 Quest Means Business

    "We can develop geothermal in places that people used to think weren't possible and so we're growing this sector exponentially now and doing so at a time when there's a huge demand for new electricity driven in part by the growth of AI." Fervo Energy CEO Tim Latimer on their clean energy IPO.

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  • #87. From Shale Innovation to 500MW of Geothermal Power with Tim Latimer

    March 11, 2026 · 📺 Oilfield 360

    From shale to steam. Can geothermal scale like oil & gas did? Recorded live in Florence at Baker Hughes’ Annual Meeting, the Oilfield 360 Podcast hosts David de Roode and Victoria Beard Queen sit down with Fervo Energy CEO Tim Latimer to explore how shale-era drilling is unlocking enhanced geothermal. Tim shares how Eagle Ford drilling challenges sparked his pivot—and how Fervo is advancing Project Cape in Utah toward 500MW of carbon-free power. They discuss deep, high-temperature wells, reservoir design, drilling speed gains, and why geothermal could become “Shale 3.0.” A sharp look at app…

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  • World's Largest Geothermal Project: How X-Caliber Funded Fervo Energy's Cape Station

    December 29, 2025 · 📺 X-Caliber

    Deep below the rural landscape of Beaver County, Utah, a clean energy revolution is reaching new depths. X-Caliber Rural Capital is proud to have provided a $100 million bridge loan for the first phase of Fervo Energy’s Cape Station—set to become the world’s largest enhanced geothermal power plant. As Bill Gates noted during his recent visit to the site, geothermal is a "remarkable breakthrough" for our zero-emission future. While traditional geothermal is limited by geography, Fervo is using advanced horizontal drilling techniques to unlock carbon-free, 24/7 "always-on" power almost anywhere…

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  • SOSV Climate Tech Summit | Fervo: Is Geothermal the U.S. Renewable Innovation Edge?

    November 05, 2025 · 📺 SOSV

    Who would have guessed that oil and gas fracking would give rise to one of the biggest breakthroughs in renewables: advanced geothermal energy. Former fracking engineer Tim Latimer founded Fervo Energy to apply the technology in ways that make geothermal less dependent on hot spots and deep drilling. Hear the back story on how Latimer hit on the idea while he was at Stanford Business School, and what it will take to mainstream advanced geothermal. (Filmed 9/22 live in NYC.)

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  • Flipping The Barrel: Tim Latimer, Chief Executive Officer of Fervo

    August 12, 2025 · 📺 Flipping The Barrel

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  • "We’re Trying To Meet The Moment As Fast As We Can" Featuring Tim Latimer, Fervo Energy

    July 30, 2025 · 📺 Veriten

    We are excited to share this “on-the-road” COBT episode featuring Tim Latimer, CEO and Co-Founder of Fervo Energy. Our team traveled to Milford, Utah, to tour Fervo’s Cape Station project before connecting with Tim for an in-depth conversation. Tim earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tulsa and started his career as a drilling engineer in the Permian and Eagle Ford basins. He co-founded Fervo in 2017 after earning an MBA and an MS in Environment and Resources from Stanford University. Fervo is a developer, owner, and operator of geothermal assets. The company recently r…

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  • Harnessing Hot Rocks: Fervo's Tim Latimer on 25 GW of Geothermal by 2035

    May 30, 2025 · 📺 Barnett Energy

    Enhanced geothermal systems could boost US geothermal capacity from roughly 4 gigawatts today to hundreds-of-gigawatts with 25 GW targeted by 2035, based on a conversation Fervo CEO Tim Latimer had with Bloomberg Intelligence. Drilling costs have already fallen 70-80% and are projected to drop another 50% within two years, making geothermal a potential new option for delivering 24/7 carbon-free baseload power nationally. Fervo holds more than 600 MW of binding power purchase agreements (PPAs) - including 320 MW with SoCal Edison - and anticipates future projects can move from groundbreaking to…

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