Fervo Energy won the 2025 Subsurface modeling and analysis at the Bentley YII 2025 Going Digital Awards in Amsterdam for its Cape Station project. (source: Seequent)
Fervo Energy wins Bentley’s 2025 Going Digital Award for subsurface modeling, marking another milestone for geothermal innovation.
Geothermal developer Fervo Energy has won the Subsurface Modeling and Analysis category at Bentley Systems’ 2025 Going Digital Awards, held during the Year in Infrastructure 2025 event in Amsterdam. The award recognizes Fervo’s Cape Station Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) project, which uses advanced digital modeling to optimise geothermal reservoir performance.
Nearly 250 projects from 47 countries were nominated across 12 categories. An independent jury selected the winners for their use of Bentley’s software to improve how infrastructure is designed, built, and operated.
These groundbreaking projects demonstrate how leading infrastructure engineering and construction companies, together with innovative owner-operators, are harnessing digital advancements—from connected data to AI—to transform project delivery and elevate asset performance. Your achievements are setting the standard for resilience, sustainability, and impact across infrastructure sectors.” said Chris Bradshaw, chief sustainability and education officer at Bentley Systems.
Geothermal sector recognition
Using advanced 3D modeling technologies, Fervo successfully drilled over 204,000 feet, with 105,000 feet traversing granitic basement rock, and reached a 100% well-success rate at 18% below budget. This digital-first strategy not only accelerated development and supported local employment but is also projected to generate US$1.1 billion in economic impact for the community, setting a new global benchmark for scalable and sustainable geothermal energy.
Geothermal featured strongly in this year’s program. Alongside Fervo, Flux Energy Solutions was shortlisted for its AI-based geothermal field optimisation work in Salihli, Türkiye using the Volsung platform. The AI-powered tool ran 10 million scenarios in 10 days — a process that would have taken centuries with older methods — cutting project time by 80% and costs by 76%. This digital approach reduced environmental risks and supported local renewable energy growth.
Founders’ Honors
Bentley’s founders also presented Founders’ Honors to 18 projects that reflect the company’s mission of advancing global infrastructure. Geothermal projects among them included:
These recognitions highlight how geothermal developers are adopting Seequent’s Leapfrog Energy, Volsung, Seequent Central, and Oasis montaj software to strengthen digital workflows and accelerate the energy transition.
About the event
Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2025 gathered global infrastructure professionals to showcase data-driven design and sustainability. More information is available at https://yii.bentley.com. See our coverage from Day one of the event here.
Source: Bentley Press release by email.