碳中和时代，很多传统的东西都需要重估，这其中包括地热能，由于成本，位置的限制，传统的地热能在全球能源版图中无足轻重。
Traditional geothermal already provides carbon-free baseload energy to a number of power grids. But because of cost and location constraints, it accounts for a very small percentage of global clean energy production.
但是新一代钻探，光纤传感，AI人工智能技术，有可能让地热能成为规模应用的能源。
That’s one reason this new approach is so exciting; by using advanced drilling, fiber-optic sensing, and analytics techniques, next-generation geothermal can unlock an entirely new class of resource.
2050年美国地热能也许能提供120GW的零碳电力。
And the US Department of Energy has found that with advancements in policy, technology, and procurement, geothermal energy could provide up to 120 GW of firm, flexible generation capacity in the US by 2050.
Google and clean-energy startup Fervo have just signed the world’s first corporate agreement to develop a next-generation geothermal power project。
开山股份这个千年不涨的公司也许可以乐观一点了。