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Sorry, I should have worded my comment better. It was not to detract from the need for new and renewable sources of power, but rather surprise at how little po
by fooqux 2y ago
Sorry, I should have worded my comment better.
It was not to detract from the need for new and renewable sources of power, but rather surprise at how little power you get from each well, and the cost of drilling each of them.
- beembeem 2y agoHence the reason this hasn't taken off yet. Add in the geographical requirements of heat close enough to the surface and costs go up higher. Because it's baseload power, its ouput has higher value than intermittent sources per mwh produced.