# Tim Latimer

> Tim Latimer is the co-founder and CEO of Fervo Energy, the company that took horizontal drilling and fiber optic sensing out of the shale fields and pointed them straight down into hot rock. A former oil-and-gas drilling engineer who grew up next to the last coal plant built in America, he left the industry, talked his way into Stanford, met a geothermal PhD named Jack Norbeck, and bet that geothermal could become 24/7 carbon-free power at utility scale. Fervo has since raised over a billion dollars, broken drilling records once thought decades away, signed Google as a customer, and gone public on the Nasdaq in 2026 while building Cape Station, the world's largest next-generation geothermal project.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Fervo Energy
- **Organizations:** Fervo Energy, BHP, Stanford University, Activate (Cyclotron Road)
- **From:** Texas, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Tulsa, MBA and M.S. in Environment and Resources (geothermal focus), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Fervo Energy, raising over $1 billion in capital since 2017, Led Fervo to a 2026 Nasdaq IPO, a rare public-market debut for a deep-tech climate startup, Drove drilling and reservoir milestones that experts had predicted were decades away

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Earns B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tulsa
- **2009-2015** — Works as a drilling engineer at BHP in the Permian and Eagle Ford basins
- **2015** — Leaves oil and gas to attend Stanford, driven by the urgency of climate change
- **2017** — Co-founds Fervo Energy with Stanford geothermal researcher Jack Norbeck
- **2018** — Joins the Activate fellowship (Cyclotron Road) at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- **2019** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy
- **2023** — Project Red pilot in Nevada delivers carbon-free power to the grid for a Google partnership
- **2023** — Breaks ground on Cape Station in Beaver County, Utah, the world's largest next-gen geothermal project
- **2024** — Named to TIME100 Next and TIME100 Climate lists
- **2026** — Fervo goes public on the Nasdaq; Cape Station Phase 1 (100 MW) targets first power

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Fervo Energy, raising over $1 billion in capital since 2017
- Led Fervo to a 2026 Nasdaq IPO, a rare public-market debut for a deep-tech climate startup
- Drove drilling and reservoir milestones that experts had predicted were decades away
- Secured Google as a corporate customer for carbon-free geothermal power
- Building Cape Station, the world's largest enhanced geothermal project, targeting 500 MW by 2028
- Named to TIME100 Next (2024), TIME100 Climate, MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35, and Forbes 30 Under 30
- Testified before the U.S. House on the future of American geothermal energy

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Fervo Energy completes its Nasdaq IPO, taking the geothermal startup public.
- **2026-03** — Company raises capital around a Series E (latest funding ~$421M) as Cape Station construction accelerates.
- **2026** — Cape Station Phase 1 (100 MW) on track for first firm clean power, with a path to 500 MW by 2028.

## Links

- Website: https://fervoenergy.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/timlatimer
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/fervoenergy

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Last updated: 2026-06-04