Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Enhanced geothermal systems drill 5–10 kilometers into hot rock to create artificial reservoirs, offering a potential 100 gigawatts of baseload clean energy by 2050. This is slower to deploy than Rewilding and Afforestation, which can be operational in months rather than years. Despite these barriers, pilot projects in Iceland and France achieve 30% lower life-cycle emissions than solar farms, making it a high-risk, high-reward proposition.