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Geothermal plants use the Earth's heat to generate renewable power around the clock, complementing weather-dependent solar and wind generation.

The list includes pure-play geothermal developers and independent power producers, together with utilities that own significant geothermal generation portfolios.

The table compares publicly traded geothermal companies across conventional generation, enhanced geothermal systems, utilities and independent power producers.

6 CompaniesCombined Mkt Cap: $26BMarket data: August 19, 2026
At a glance

  • The list covers established geothermal power operators alongside Fervo Energy, a pure-play developer of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS).
  • The companies operate principally in the United States, New Zealand, Indonesia and Latin America.
  • Geothermal plants run continuously and are designed for capacity factors of 75% to 90%.
  • Ormat Technologies owns and operates geothermal plants and manufactures the equipment used in them. The largest constituent by market cap is Ormat Technologies (ORA) at $6.8B.
  • Material corporate events affecting list membership are logged in List Updates below.
6 companies
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Company Ticker HQ Listing
Ormat Technologies
ORA $6.8B 🇺🇸 United States NYSE
Ormat Technologies
HQ: 🇺🇸 United States Segment: Developer / IPP

Ormat Technologies develops, builds, owns and operates geothermal power plants and manufactures the equipment used in them. Its shares trade on the NYSE. As of Q2 2026, Ormat reported a portfolio of approximately 1,850 MW: 1,355 MW of geothermal, solar and recovered-energy generation and 495 MW of energy storage. Its owned generation assets span the United States, Kenya, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Honduras and Guatemala, and it holds minority stakes in the Sarulla and Ijen complexes in Indonesia. Ormat manufactures and sells the Ormat Energy Converter, a binary-cycle generator used by third-party geothermal operators. This equipment business provides a revenue stream alongside the company's owned generation assets.

Ormat's principal US geothermal complexes are in Nevada and California, and its international portfolio includes the 150 MW Olkaria III complex in Kenya. Ormat targets total portfolio capacity of approximately 2.6–2.8 GW by 2028. In February 2026 it announced a 15-year portfolio PPA with NV Energy for up to 150 MW to serve Google's data-centre operations, subject to approval by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. The underlying projects are scheduled to come online between 2028 and 2030.

NYSE

$6.8B

Developer / IPP
Mercury NZ
MCY.NZ $5.9B 🇳🇿 New Zealand NZX
Mercury NZ
HQ: 🇳🇿 New Zealand Segment: Developer / IPP

Mercury NZ generates and retails electricity in New Zealand, and its shares trade on the NZX and ASX as MCY. Mercury's five geothermal stations are Rotokawa, Ngā Awa Pūrua, Ngā Tamariki, Kawerau and Mōkai. Commissioning the Ngā Tamariki OEC5 expansion in early 2026 added 46 MW of geothermal capacity. Mercury operates under New Zealand's mixed-ownership model, which requires the government to retain at least 51% of its shares.

Mercury's nine hydro stations on the Waikato River generate around 10% of New Zealand's electricity, averaging roughly 4,140 GWh a year. Hydro output can be ramped to follow demand, while the geothermal stations run at steady output. Mercury serves approximately 578,000 electricity connections and around 906,000 customer connections across electricity, gas, broadband and mobile services. It is constructing the Kaiwera Downs Stage 2 and Kaiwaikawe wind farms and targets 3.5 TWh of additional annual generation by 2030.

NZX

$5.9B

Developer / IPP
Contact Energy
CEN.NZ $5.7B 🇳🇿 New Zealand NZX
Contact Energy
HQ: 🇳🇿 New Zealand Segment: Developer / IPP

Contact Energy is one of New Zealand's largest electricity generators and retailers, listed on the NZX and ASX under the ticker CEN. It supplies residential, commercial and industrial customers. Contact operates seven geothermal stations across the Wairākei and Tauhara fields: Wairākei (138 MW), Te Mihi (166 MW), Tauhara (174 MW), Te Huka (26 MW), Te Huka 3 (51 MW, binary), Poihipi (53 MW) and Ohaaki (41 MW). Their combined nameplate capacity is approximately 649 MW; geothermal generation reached 4,914 GWh in FY2026, up 8% year on year. Contact completed a NZ$2.5 billion acquisition of Manawa Energy in July 2025, increasing its hydro portfolio to more than 26 schemes and its renewable development pipeline to approximately 11–12 TWh.

Contact is developing the 101 MW binary-cycle Te Mihi Stage 2 project at an estimated investment of approximately NZ$712 million, with operation due in September 2027. Its most recent completed geothermal project is the 174 MW Tauhara plant, officially opened in November 2024, which uses a single-shaft geothermal turbine described by Contact as the world's largest.

NZX

$5.7B

Developer / IPP
Fervo Energy
FRVO $5.3B 🇺🇸 United States NASDAQ
Fervo Energy
HQ: 🇺🇸 United States Segment: Developer / IPP

Houston-based Fervo Energy Company (NASDAQ: FRVO) develops enhanced geothermal systems using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to access heat in low-permeability rock. CEO Tim Latimer and CTO Jack Norbeck co-founded Fervo in 2017. Fervo completed its Nasdaq IPO on May 14, 2026, issuing 80.5 million Class A shares, including the underwriters' full over-allotment option, at $27 per share and raising approximately $2.2 billion in gross proceeds. The shares trade under FRVO.

Cape Station is Fervo's 500 MW EGS development under construction in Beaver County, Utah, built as three 33 MW GeoBlocks in Phase I and eight 50 MW GeoBlocks in Phase II. GeoBlocks 1 and 2 reached mechanical completion during Q2 2026 and GeoBlock 1 entered commissioning, with first power targeted for Q4 2026. Fervo targets initial power from GeoBlocks 2 and 3 by early 2027, with Phase II start-up in 2028. As of 30 June 2026, Phase I was backed by a $421 million non-recourse project finance facility. Fervo holds 658 MW of binding power purchase agreements, and in March 2026 it signed a non-binding 3 GW Geothermal Framework Agreement with Google Energy. Its geothermal mineral rights position covered more than 650,000 acres at 30 June 2026, and the company raised its installed-capacity expectation for the end of 2030 to 1.1 GW from 1 GW.

NASDAQ

$5.3B

Developer / IPP
Pertamina Geothermal Energy
PGEO.JK $2.5B 🇮🇩 Indonesia IDX
Pertamina Geothermal Energy
HQ: 🇮🇩 Indonesia Segment: Developer / IPP

PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy Tbk (PGE) is Indonesia's largest geothermal operator by managed capacity and a majority-owned subsidiary of state energy company Pertamina. PGE has traded on the Indonesia Stock Exchange since its February 2023 IPO. PGE directly operates five geothermal working areas across Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi: Kamojang (235 MW), Ulubelu (220 MW), Lahendong (120 MW), Lumut Balai (110 MW, including Unit 2 commissioned in June 2025) and Karaha (30 MW). PGE reported approximately 727 MW of own-operation capacity and record production of 5,095 GWh in 2025. Its Joint Operation Contracts cover approximately 1,205 MW at the Sarulla, Wayang Windu, Gunung Salak and Darajat complexes, bringing total managed capacity to approximately 1,932 MW.

Around its 2023 IPO, PGE said its own operations and Joint Operation Contracts represented roughly 82% of Indonesia's installed geothermal capacity. More recent PGE materials, current as of August 2026, put the share associated with its working areas at approximately 70%. PGE directly operates 727 MW of the approximately 1,932 MW it reports as total managed capacity. Indonesia has one of the world's largest geothermal resource bases, only a small share of which has been developed. PGE earns revenue under long-term, US dollar-denominated Steam Sales Contracts and Power Purchase Agreements with state utility PLN. Steam Sales Contracts pay for steam supplied to plants operated by others; Power Purchase Agreements pay for electricity PGE generates itself. PGE targets approximately 1 GW of own-operation capacity by 2028 and has set a longer-term goal of 1.8 GW. Its development projects include the 110 MW Hululais project and Lumut Balai Units 3 and 4.

IDX

$2.5B

Developer / IPP
Polaris Renewable Energy
PIF.TO $223M 🇨🇦 Canada TSX
Polaris Renewable Energy
HQ: 🇨🇦 Canada Segment: Developer / IPP

Toronto-listed Polaris Renewable Energy Inc., formerly Polaris Infrastructure, owns renewable power assets in Latin America and the Caribbean. Polaris owns the approximately 82 MW San Jacinto-Tizate geothermal plant in Nicaragua, including a 10 MW binary-cycle expansion commissioned in late 2022. The plant sells its output to state utility Disnorte-Dissur under a power purchase agreement extending to 2039.

Polaris also operates three run-of-river hydro plants in Peru with approximately 33 MW of combined capacity and a 6.75 MW hydro plant in Ecuador. Its other assets are a 25 MW solar plant in the Dominican Republic, a 10 MW solar plant selling into Panama's spot market, and the approximately 26 MW Punta Lima wind farm in Puerto Rico, acquired in March 2025 with a PPA extending to 2044. The portfolio totals approximately 182 MW across six jurisdictions. Output at San Jacinto depends on steamfield performance, and Polaris has cycled wells to manage reservoir pressure. It remains the company's largest generating asset.

TSX

$223M

Developer / IPP

List Updates

Additions, removals and corrections are logged here as they happen. Market-cap data last refreshed August 19, 2026. Full changelog across all lists →

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Company AdditionMay 13, 2026
Fervo Energy (FRVO) is a Houston-based developer of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) that applies horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques from the shale industry to access geothermal heat in low-permeability rock.
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Geothermal Stocks — Investor FAQ

Geothermal companies offer exposure to firm, dispatchable renewable power. Demand from data centres and industrial customers is increasing interest in round-the-clock clean power. Other sector drivers include policy support in resource-rich countries, the transfer of drilling technology from oil and gas, the development of enhanced geothermal systems and the revenue visibility provided by long-term power purchase agreements. The listed pure-play universe remains small. It includes established operator Ormat Technologies and EGS developer Fervo Energy (NASDAQ: FRVO), which completed its IPO in May 2026.
Geothermal plants are designed for capacity factors of 75% to 90%, and IRENA put the global average at 88% in 2024. Typical ranges are roughly 15% to 25% for solar and 25% to 45% for wind. Realised geothermal figures vary by fleet and year: US utility-scale plants averaged 65.9% in 2025. Geothermal output is available around the clock and can complement weather-dependent generation. Conventional geothermal development is geographically constrained because suitable hydrothermal resources are concentrated in tectonically active regions. Higher upfront development costs, driven by well drilling risk, are another barrier. Once built, geothermal plants have low running costs and asset lives measured in decades. Some technology companies have signed long-term geothermal PPAs to obtain round-the-clock clean power. Contract pricing depends on the project, market and delivery terms.
Material risks include uncertain reservoir performance, high upfront capital requirements and political exposure in some operating markets. Reservoir risk – the possibility that wells fail to find a productive resource, or that producing wells decline faster than modelled – is intrinsic to geothermal and difficult to hedge. Developers fund drilling and plant construction before a project begins earning revenue, which can place pressure on their balance sheets during long development periods. Political and regulatory risk is significant in major geothermal markets including Indonesia, the Philippines, and Nicaragua, where concession terms and power purchase agreement renewals can be uncertain. International operators may also face currency exposure. Other risks include competition from lower-cost solar and wind projects and limited trading liquidity in smaller geothermal equities.
Enhanced geothermal systems use hydraulic stimulation to create permeability in hot rock where natural permeability or fluid is insufficient. This can extend geothermal development beyond volcanic and naturally hydrothermal regions. Enhanced Geothermal Systems drill injection and production wells into hot but impermeable rock, then hydraulically stimulate the rock to create permeable fracture networks. Water is circulated through these fractures, heated by the surrounding rock, and extracted to generate power. The engineered reservoir can widen the range of locations suitable for geothermal development. US-listed Fervo Energy (NASDAQ: FRVO) is building the 500 MW phased Cape Station EGS project in Beaver County, Utah. The first two of its three Phase I GeoBlocks reached mechanical completion in Q2 2026, and Fervo targets first power in Q4 2026, with GeoBlocks 2 and 3 scheduled for initial power in early 2027. Meeting that schedule would make the initial phase one of the first utility-scale commercial EGS projects. Fervo completed its Nasdaq IPO in May 2026, raising approximately $2.2 billion in gross proceeds, and Cape Station's Phase I is backed by a $421 million non-recourse project finance facility; offtakers include Shell Energy and Southern California Edison. Further cost reductions could expand commercial EGS deployment. Baker Hughes and SLB already supply services to EGS drilling programmes and could benefit if project activity increases.
No dedicated geothermal ETF was listed as of August 2026. Investors seeking concentrated listed exposure therefore have to select individual equities. Geothermal stocks may appear as minor holdings in broader renewable energy ETFs or utilities ETFs, but typically with very small weightings. Ormat Technologies (ORA) is one of the most visible and widely held listed geothermal equities, and often the main geothermal holding in broader clean-energy portfolios. With few pure-play listings, there is no passive vehicle for the sector and limited scope to diversify a direct holding. Fund launches and holdings can change after the review date. For diversified funds that hold geothermal names alongside other clean-power stocks, see our Energy Transition ETFs list.
Geothermal energy companies develop, own or operate assets that convert underground heat into electricity or usable thermal energy. Listed geothermal exposure comes through several business models. Ormat Technologies builds and operates plants, while Fervo Energy develops engineered reservoirs in hot rock. Contact Energy and Mercury NZ combine geothermal generation with broader utility portfolios, and Pertamina Geothermal Energy holds rights to defined working areas. Some drilling and oilfield-services companies also earn geothermal revenue. This list includes only companies whose geothermal exposure is direct and material to the investment case. Business model matters for investors because operating fleets, development pipelines and regulated utility assets carry very different risk and cash-flow profiles.
No. As of August 2026, Eavor Technologies, Sage Geosystems and Zanskar remain privately held. Eavor develops closed-loop systems and Sage describes its approach as pressure geothermal, closing a Series B round in January 2026. Zanskar applies data-driven methods to exploration and raised a Series C in 2026. Because they are private, these companies do not appear in the table above and cannot be bought on public exchanges. Fervo Energy (NASDAQ: FRVO) is the exception: its 2026 IPO made it the first pure-play enhanced geothermal developer to trade publicly. Future additions of publicly traded geothermal developers will be recorded in List Updates.
Operating portfolios and development-stage pipelines carry different risks. Producing plants with long-term power purchase agreements have operating and contracted revenue histories, while projects still being drilled retain construction and reservoir risk. Key comparison factors include the resource country and its concession or regulatory framework; the technology mix (conventional flash and binary plants versus enhanced geothermal systems); capacity factor and plant availability; drilling and reservoir risk on growth projects; and balance-sheet strength, since geothermal is capital intensive up front. Valuation measures differ across the list. Investors commonly assess established utilities such as Mercury NZ and Contact Energy on earnings and dividends; development-stage companies are judged on project economics, financing and delivery schedules. The expandable rows above summarise segment, project phase and key assets for each company so these factors can be compared side by side.

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Heat extracted from the Earth's interior, generated by radioactive decay of minerals and residual heat from planetary formation. It can be used directly as heat (district heating, industrial process heat) or converted to electricity using steam turbines or Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems. Geothermal plants can provide firm, dispatchable power and are designed for capacity factors of 75% to 90%; solar and wind output varies with weather conditions. Geothermal is a low-carbon resource. Some hydrothermal reservoirs release naturally occurring CO₂ and dissolved gases such as hydrogen sulphide with the geofluid, so lifecycle emissions vary by reservoir chemistry and plant type. Closed-loop systems keep the working fluid sealed underground; binary ORC plants keep the turbine working fluid separate from the geofluid and, when the geofluid is reinjected and non-condensable gases are controlled, typically emit far less than older open-cycle flash plants.
The most common type of geothermal power plant, used when reservoir temperatures exceed approximately 180°C. High-pressure hot water from the geothermal reservoir is "flashed" to steam by reducing pressure, and the steam drives a turbine to generate electricity. The remaining water and condensed steam are re-injected into the reservoir. Single-flash, double-flash, and triple-flash configurations extract increasing proportions of energy from the geothermal fluid.
A geothermal generation technology used for lower-temperature resources (typically 100–180°C). Hot geothermal water heats a secondary "working fluid" with a lower boiling point (such as isobutane or pentane) in a heat exchanger. The vaporised working fluid drives a turbine in a closed loop – the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) – and is then condensed and recycled. Binary plants run the working fluid in a fully closed loop and, with the geofluid reinjected, have very low or near-zero direct emissions; they also enable development of a much wider range of geothermal resources globally. Listed ORC equipment suppliers with geothermal exposure include Ormat Technologies (NYSE: ORA), which manufactures its proprietary Ormat Energy Converter for both its own plants and third-party operators.
An advanced geothermal technology that creates or enhances a geothermal reservoir in hot rock where natural permeability and/or fluid are insufficient. EGS involves drilling injection and production wells, then hydraulically stimulating the rock to create permeable fracture networks. Water is circulated through these fractures, heated by the surrounding rock, and extracted to generate power. EGS creates permeability in the reservoir and can widen the range of sites available for geothermal development. Projects still require accessible hot rock at drillable depths, and current costs remain above those of conventional hydrothermal development. Some of the first utility-scale commercial EGS projects are under construction in the western United States. The largest is Fervo Energy's 500 MW Cape Station in Utah, built as 33 MW and 50 MW GeoBlocks; the first GeoBlock entered commissioning during Q2 2026, with first power due in Q4 2026.
A geothermal reservoir that naturally contains both heat and fluid (hot water or steam) in permeable rock. Conventional geothermal power plants exploit hydrothermal resources – drilling wells into natural fluid-filled reservoirs and extracting steam or hot water for power generation. The world's most productive hydrothermal zones are located on tectonic plate boundaries and in volcanic regions, particularly the Pacific Ring of Fire, the East African Rift, and Iceland along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
The ratio of actual electricity generated over a period to the maximum theoretical output if the plant ran at full capacity continuously. It varies by technology and by site. New projects are designed for roughly 30-45% (onshore wind), 40-50% (offshore wind), 15-25% (solar) and 75-90% (geothermal), while nuclear plants are built to run around the clock. Realised fleet averages sit below new-project design assumptions, because a fleet includes older and less well sited plants: across the US in 2025, nuclear averaged 91.0%, geothermal 65.9%, hydropower 35.3%, solar photovoltaic 24.4% and wind 23.6% (EIA). Capacity factor drives project economics and is a function of resource quality, technology, curtailment, and downtime.
A design in which a working fluid circulates through a fully sealed underground pipe network to extract heat, with no fluid injected into the rock formation. The Eavor-Loop (Eavor Technologies, backed by bp Ventures and Chevron Technology Ventures) is the most advanced commercial example: a conduction-based system that extracts heat from hot rock without requiring a hydrothermal resource, hydraulic stimulation, or open reservoir. In December 2025, Eavor said its Geretsried facility in Bavaria delivered electricity to the commercial grid for the first time. The company described this as the first grid delivery from a closed-loop multilateral geothermal system. Closed-loop systems could make geothermal viable across a much wider range of geologies, though they still require sufficient heat at economic drilling depths, costs remain higher than conventional hydrothermal projects, and scaling beyond early commercial projects is ongoing.
A long-term contract (commonly 10–25 years) between a power project owner and an offtaker (utility, corporate, or government) setting the commercial terms for electricity delivered. Pricing structures range from flat fixed prices to indexed or escalating prices, floors and collars, and many renewable PPAs are pay-as-produced rather than fixed-volume. A bankable PPA with a creditworthy offtaker provides the contracted revenue stream that supports non-recourse project financing across geothermal, solar, wind, and other generation projects. Firm, dispatchable resources such as geothermal can command a pricing premium over intermittent generation because output is available around the clock. Variants include physical PPAs (electricity is physically delivered) and virtual PPAs (a financial contract with no physical delivery); tolling agreements, under which the offtaker pays a capacity fee and controls dispatch, are a related but distinct structure more common for storage and thermal assets.
The process of pumping extracted geothermal water back into the reservoir after its heat has been used for electricity generation or direct heat applications. Reinjection maintains reservoir pressure, extends field life, and prevents surface disposal of geothermal fluids. It is a standard practice in modern geothermal operations and is critical for sustainable long-term resource management.
A defined geographic area granted to a developer by a government authority for the exclusive right to explore, develop, and operate geothermal resources within that boundary. In countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, and Kenya, geothermal development is structured around formally designated working areas with concession agreements governing exploration, development obligations, and revenue terms. Concession renewal risk is a key consideration for investors in emerging-market geothermal operators.
A revenue structure used primarily in Indonesia, in which a geothermal developer produces and sells steam – rather than electricity – directly to the state utility (PLN) or an independent power producer, which then operates its own power plant. Under an SSC, the geothermal company's revenue depends on steam volume delivered rather than electricity output. This arrangement transfers power plant construction and operating risk to the offtaker but also limits the geothermal company's upside. Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) generates a significant portion of its revenue through SSCs alongside direct Power Purchase Agreements, making the distinction important for modelling its cash flows.
The principal technical risk in geothermal investing: the possibility that exploration or development wells fail to encounter a productive resource, or that a producing reservoir declines faster than modelled. Unlike solar or wind, where resource availability can be estimated from surface measurements, geothermal resource quality is only confirmed through expensive deep drilling. A single geothermal well can cost several million dollars, and deeper or technically complex wells can cost substantially more, providing no revenue if unproductive. Even established fields face ongoing reservoir risk as steam pressure and temperature can decline over decades of production, requiring make-up drilling to maintain output. Reservoir risk is the primary reason geothermal project development is capital-intensive and why long-term PPAs – which de-risk revenue once a plant is operational – are so central to project finance for geothermal assets.

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