Eavor Technologies Inc. completed drilling a pair of 2.4-kilometre deep wells connected by a pair of underground pipelines for its closed-loop geothermal system last September.
Now being tested, the $10-million demonstration project east of Rocky Mountain House in west-central Alberta, Canada, circulates liquids through kilometres of underground well bores, picking up heat before returning to the surface.
Eavor president and CEO John Redfern said testing carried out while the wells were drilled and connected went well, and now work is underway to test and demonstrate the technology’s thermosiphon effect.
“From what I understand, everything is within two per cent of predicted in the (geothermal) model as we put it through its paces,” said Redfern.
Redfern said the first commercial project is expected to be built in Bavaria. “We’ve got a deal there to take over a traditional failed geothermal (system).”
Eavor is already going through the application process in Germany, which is phasing out its coal power. Japan, Italy, France, Netherlands, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Canada have also shown interest.
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From the Global Geothermal News archives:
From the Global Geothermal News archives:
- Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - Canada: World’s First of its Kind Multi-Lateral Horizontal Drilling Intersection Made at Eavor-Lite Geothermal Project
- Friday, August 23, 2019 - Science & Technology: Company Claims Closed Loop Geothermal System can be Implemented Across 80 Percent of the World
- Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - Canada: Drilling Begins at Closed Loop Geothermal Power System Demonstration Project
- Thursday, April 25, 2019 - Canada: Federal Funding for Closed-Loop Geothermal Demonstration Project in Alberta
- Thursday, March 14, 2019 - Canada: Shell Oil to Support Closed-Loop Conduction-Only Geothermal Energy Project
