Iceland: Major Green Energy Breakthrough using Magma for Geothermal

Juan Cole 02/05/2014

(Via CleanTechnica)

First Magma-Enhanced Geothermal System In The World Developed In Iceland (via Clean Technica)

The first “magma-enhanced” geothermal system in the world — the IDDP-1 well at Krafla — has proven to be a great success, based on the first scientific reports on the project, which are now starting to be released. The well, which penetrated…

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment and Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Follow him at @jricole.