# Source: DOE and Utah FORGE Official Pages

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** High
**Source Type:** Official Website
**URL:** https://www.energy.gov/hgeo/geothermal/forge; https://utahforge.com/
**Publisher:** U.S. Department of Energy; Utah FORGE
**Accessed:** 2026-06-18
**Updated:** 2026-06-18

## Summary

The DOE FORGE page and Utah FORGE official site describe the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy field laboratory near Milford, Utah. Together they are the strongest public sources for the project's mission, location, University of Utah leadership, enhanced-geothermal research focus, and public data-sharing function.

## Useful Claims

- DOE describes FORGE as a dedicated field site in Milford where scientists and engineers develop, test, and accelerate enhanced geothermal systems technologies.
- DOE says the Utah FORGE project is led by the University of Utah's Energy & Geoscience Institute with multiple partner organizations.
- DOE describes the site as a rural project area of less than five square miles near Milford in Beaver County.
- DOE says FORGE includes instrumentation, data collection, and data dissemination to support a replicable commercial pathway to enhanced geothermal systems.
- The Utah FORGE site describes the lab as an underground field laboratory sponsored by DOE, focused on drilling, technology testing, EGS research, data dashboards, project data, R&D data, geoscience maps, seismic monitoring, sample curation, and scientific publications.

## Reliability Notes

This is official program evidence and is strong for mission, location, sponsor, leadership, and project framing. It is not neutral proof that enhanced geothermal systems will become commercially repeatable; performance and commercialization claims should be triangulated with peer-reviewed papers, project data, and independent geothermal analysis.

## Related Pages

- [Utah FORGE](utah-forge.md)
- [Fervo Energy](fervo-energy.md)
- [Zanskar Geothermal](zanskar-geothermal.md)