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Top 6 Houston energy events to attend in February 2025

Here are five events Houston's energy community should attend in February. Photos by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

Editor's note: February is here, and the month is buzzing with forums, conferences, and the largest AI in Energy event. Here are six Houston energy events that you won't want to miss this month. Mark your calendars now, and plan ahead for the rest of Q1 via this guide.

February 4 — 2025 Brazil Summit: Energy at a Crossroads 

The Brazil Summit, held at Rice University's Baker Institute, will explore Brazil’s evolving energy sector, including recent progress in energy transition regulations, as well as the 2024 U.S. election's implications for Brazil's future. Participants from Brazil and the U.S., including policymakers, energy leaders, financial experts and more, will join the summit, which is free to attend and open to the public.

This event takes place Tuesday, February 4, at 7:30 am. Registration is required. Click here to register.

February 10-11— 6th American LNG Forum

Join LNG industry professionals, innovators and policymakers to discover groundbreaking technologies that are driving the future of liquified natural gas. From market dynamics to decarbonization strategies, this is your chance to connect, learn and become part of the LNG revolution at American LNG Forum.

This event begins Monday, February 10, at the Westin Galleria Houston. Click here to register.

February 11-12 — Oil & Gas Automation and Technology Week 

Oil and Gas Automation and Technology Week brings together oil and gas operators to share best-practice strategies for accelerating business transformation, decarbonization, and energy transition with disruptive technology. Expert speakers from the automation and technology space include Jack Hu, Dow; Partha Chatterjee, Shell; and Philippe Daroux, Chevron.

The two-day event takes place at the Sonesta Houston Hotel IAH Airport. Click here to register.

February 19-20— 7th Global Energy Forum 2025

The Global Energy Forum brings a bipartisan collective of U.S. Congressmen together with top energy executives to convene for off-the-record discussions in order to explore the energy strategies and solutions for a sustainable, clean, reliable and affordable energy future. Policymakers and executives from energy, finance, and technology will engage in dialogue on energy infrastructure, technological innovation, policy and regulation reform needed to respond to the global energy crisis.

This event begins Wednesday, February 19, at 7:30 am at the Petroleum Club of Houston. Click here to register.

February 24-25 — AI In Energy

Join 150+ senior operations, digital, data and AI leaders in Houston for the industry's largest AI in Energy event, and unlock the potential of AI within your operations. Key points of discussion include how to pair digital twins and gen AI, know when your critical assets need maintenance, move beyond pilot program to scale AI across the enterprise, and leverage generative AI and data intelligence to unlock asset reliability.

This event begins Monday, February 24 at 7:30 am at Norris Conference Centers' City Centre. Click here to register.

February 25-27 — 2025 Energy HPC Conference

The 18th annual Energy High Performance Computing Conference, hosted at Rice University by the Ken Kennedy Institute, is the premier meeting place for the energy industry to engage in conversations about challenges and opportunities in high-performance computing, computational science and engineering, machine learning and data science. Attended by more than 500 leaders and experts, this is a unique opportunity for key stakeholders to engage and network to help advance HPC in the energy industry.

This event begins Tuesday, February 25, at Rice University. Click here to register.

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Fervo's Cape Station geothermal project is ahead of schedule. Photo courtesy Fervo Energy

Fervo Energy’s flagship project in Utah just generated its first geothermal power.

The electricity is now flowing to the power grid from one of Cape Station’s three generation units, Houston-based Fervo said in a news release. This represents an early but important milestone for the project, as the unit isn’t scheduled to deliver contracted power until Oct. 1.

The achievement, coming four months after Fervo’s roughly $2.2 billion IPO, demonstrates the viability of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS).

“This is a gamechanger for the geothermal industry. It establishes EGS as the defining new power generation technology of our time, and we believe it shows that the commercial and technical maturity of EGS is ready to meet the urgent need for reliable, clean power,” Tim Latimer, co-founder and CEO of Fervo, said in the release.

The plant’s two other units are scheduled to launch commercial operations on Jan. 1.

The three units make up the project’s 99-megawatt first phase. The next phase, which will add 400 megawatts of capacity, is under construction. The second phase is set to go online in 2028.

Altogether, Cape Station will provide more than 4 gigawatts of capacity, with 900 megawatts already spoken for. The 900 megawatts of contracted electricity would be enough to power nearly 1 million U.S. homes per year.

“Cape Station works because we treated the subsurface like an engineering challenge,” Jack Norbeck, co-founder and chief technology officer of Fervo, added in the release. “Years of drilling, completion design, subsurface modeling, and flow testing led to this moment, and this is the validation that matters most.”

Enhanced geothermal continuously draws on heat that’s deep underground, producing electricity around the clock regardless of weather or time of day. That makes it one of the only carbon-free resources capable of constant power delivery, which is critical for data centers and AI infrastructure.

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