EXPANDING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY'S REACH

摘要

University of Utah researchers will pump cool water and pressurized water into a "dry" geothermal well during a five-year, $10.2 million study aimed at boosting geothermal power plant productivity and making them feasible nationwide. Energy & Geoscience Institute geologist Joe Moore -- who will head the research effort at US Geothermal Inc's Raft River power plant in southeast Idaho -- says most geothermal power in the US is produced west of the Rocky Mountains. If the experiments work, US Geothermal eventually will operate the test well and put it into service.