A "roughneck" handles drilling pipe at the site of Fervo Energy's Cape Geothermal Power Project in Beaver County. The project will tap into the natural heat of the Earth at depth to produce steam that spins electricitygenerating turbines. Photo courtesy Fervo Energy.

CAPE STATION IN BEAVER COUNTY

Brice Wallace

The federal government has green-lit a geothermal project in Beaver County that could supply enough power for over 2 million homes if fully developed.

The Bureau of Land Management has approved the Fervo Cape Geothermal Power Project, which eventually could generate up to 2 gigawatts of baseload power.

With that approval, the BLM has approved nearly 32 gigawatts of clean energy projects on public lands, including 42 projects approved under the Please log in to see the rest of this story.