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Drill problems halt Australian hot dry rock geothermal project.(GLOBAL ECONOMY)
Advanced Materials & Processes, September, 2006
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An Australian effort to build the world's first commercial geothermal plant based on hot dry rock (HDR) technology has temporarily come to a halt because of drilling problems, reports Geodynamics, Australia. Today's geothermal power plants tap into existing underground reservoirs consisting of hot, fractured rock permeated by water or steam.
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Wells tapped into these reservoirs bring the hot fluid to the surface and convert its energy into electricity. However, the geothermal power industry could be greatly expanded by tapping a much larger resource of hot underground rock that is ...
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