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    Geothermal Power is Finally a Reality

    Started by RE Jul 30, 2023, 12:25 PM

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    Jul 30, 2023, 12:25 PM
    Quote from: K-Dog on Jul 30, 2023, 08:51 AMThe article has no technical details.  How deep is the well?  How much power can be extracted for how long?  How long is it before energy returned exceeds energy invested.

    Granted the article was thin on technical details, but there was this:

    The 30-day well test, a standard for geothermal, achieved a flowrate of 63 liters per second at high temperature that enables 3.5 MW of electric production, setting new records for both flow and power output from an enhanced geothermal system.

    3.5 Mw is pretty decent amount of power.  It could power about 2000 homes, a small town.

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