GTO Technologies is dedicated to the development and commercialization of the technologies that will unlock the potential of carbon-free electricity.  The goal of our company is to build upon our relationship with Colorado School of Mines, to solve the key technological gaps that prevent the economic expansion of novel geothermal and geologic hydrogen.  We will take these technologies from idea through commercialization to allow the world to harness the power of carbon-free energy.

Our cornerstone technologies enables Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) to become economic by providing conformance control.  Our patented systems and technologies, developed with a $5.3 million DOE FORGE grant, solves EGS short circuiting and early thermal decline by first creating subsurface heat exchangers, then controlling them by regulating flow into each fracture of the heat exchanger.  The GTO Technologies system can increase EGS power production by a factor of 3 and improve project economics by $800 MM on every project.

Our Leadership Team

Dr Will Fleckenstein

co-founder, CEO & CTO

Colorado School of Mines FORGE Project PI with over 38 years of research, engineering and operations, including geothermal wells. Experience from roughneck through engineering on over 200 oil and gas wells.

Former Colorado School of Mines Petroleum Engineering Department head and PI of $5.3 million DOE Utah FORGE project (GeoThermOPTIMAL)

Patrick Mays

co-founder, COO

28 years drilling and operations management experience, including EGS. CSM Petroleum Engineering & UCLA Anderson MBA.

A distinguished career with Chevron Corporation. Engineering management for extremely complex wells, operations management for $1MM per day operations in West Africa.