USA, Oregon:

Geothermal Company Drills Into A Volcano (Forbes)

An AltaRock Energy drill rig on Newberry Volcano.
Photo credit: Newberry Geothermal

A geothermal-energy company is shattering rock nearly two miles under Oregon’s largest volcano to see if a new drilling technique could succeed where similar attempts to make clean power have failed.

The pilot project is underway at Newberry Volcano despite concerns that have dogged other “enhanced geothermal” projects, such as small earthquakes, and techniques that are similar to the controversial practice of fracking. Oh, and there’s the landscape’s habit of exploding.

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