Monday, March 17, 2014

USA, Nevada:

Mining Company Runs on Geothermal Power (Elko Daily Free Press)

Florida Canyon in northern Nevada, has been the site of experimentation with green energy in recent years.

For the last couple of years, Florida Canyon has partnered with ElectraTherm in an ongoing experiment with geothermal energy.

Using a $1 million Department of Energy grant, ElectraTherm installed a Green Machine at the Florida Canyon site, which is in Phase II of development.

The Green Machine uses waste heat to generate electricity. It could be any kind of waste heat, such as the methane gas generated in the bowels of landfills, but at Florida Canyon it’s geothermal water. The machine generates power through heat differentials.

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