TITLE

Hot Oz rocks

PUB. DATE

March 2006

SOURCE

Earth Island Journal;Spring2006, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p7

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports that companies in Australia may be ready to use the heat miles below the Earth's surface to generate electricity. Harnessing geothermal energy to power generating turbines is not a new idea. But unlike prior methods that tap into existing stores of subterranean steam, this new approach uses hot rocks to produce steam from water pumped down to them, a more sustainable process. Called hot dry rock geothermal energy, this may be a ticket to a clean energy future. High fuel prices have led Australia to explore alternatives to coal and oil dependency.

ACCESSION #

19578890

Tags: ELECTRIC power production;  GEOTHERMAL resources;  TURBINES;  ELECTRIC generators;  ELECTRIC machinery;  STEAM;  COAL;  PETROLEUM

 

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