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Lawmakers Hope to Lure Geothermal Lab to Newberry (KTVZ)

DOE research site would take 300 workers to build, 100 to operate

Central Oregon lawmakers have won their colleagues' backing in a bid to bring a lucrative federal geothermal research site to the flanks of the Newberry Volcano near La Pine.

State Rep. Gene Whisnant (R-Sunriver) sponsored and carried House Joint Memorial 19 (HJM 19) successfully on the House floor Thursday with a unanimous vote of passage.

HJM 19 urges the Secretary of Energy and Congress to site the U.S. Department of Energy's Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) at the Newberry Geothermal Project in Deschutes County.

The FORGE will perform advanced research on enhanced geothermal systems for the purpose of developing large-scale, economically sustained heat exchange systems.

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