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Disruptionother · October 6, 2026
Fervo Energy declares commercial operation at Cape Station ahead of schedule, leading the race for next-generation geothermal energy
A new geothermal power project has come online, adding electricity supply capacity.
Source →The trace
How it reaches your house.
Starting from Grid Electricity for PGM Smelting (South Africa / Russia), we walked the supply graph hop by hop to the goods you buy and the companies you own. Each step is the engine’s reasoning, scored for confidence and cited where a source backs it.
First impact
Grid Electricity for PGM Smelting (South Africa / Russia) →supply upCape Station's first 33 MW GeoBlock adds U.S. geothermal generation, modestly easing the U.S. slice of this grid-electricity input; the effect is small because the U.S. share here is only 2.22%.
34% confidence