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Air Guard Interested in Airport’s Geothermal Potential (Herald and News)

Klamath Falls Airport is looking at heat and electricity from geothermal resources

The U.S. Air National Guard is looking at how the base can tap into potential geothermal resources identified in a preliminary test at the Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

According to City Manager Nathan Cherpeski “What they had talked about is drilling on one side, and taking it across the base and then re-injecting, and then creating electricity with some of it and then using the heat exchangers to do heating.”

Cherpeski said geothermal resources at the airport could also help the city market its industrial business park.

A research effort is underway to see if an outside agency can help fund the drilling of a test well at the site, according to Lt. Col. Tim Bruner. Bruner said geothermal resources could give the base the capacity to create a portion of its own power, which he said could help the long-term future of the base.

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