Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Australia:

The Next 26,000 Years of Geothermal Energy Below Our Feet (ScienceNetwork Western Australia)

The National Information and Communications Technology Australia (NICTA) is applying machine learning to locate ‘hot rocks’ suitable for geothermal energy production.

The two-year, five-million dollar project is the first funded under the Australian Government’s Emerging Renewables Program and sees NICTA working closely with the University of Sydney to develop algorithms, with outcomes applied by ANU and the universities of Melbourne and Adelaide with industry contributions.

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