Eavor’s technology doesn’t use water but extracts stored underground heat from two joined wells drilled several kilometres apart along with a series of parallel wellbores feeding into the vertical structures. The Loop forms a giant U-shape with tendrils hanging to the side and near the bottom. No external pump is required to circulate the proprietary liquid within the closed loop. The heat transferred to the liquid rises to the surface where it is harvested either as direct heat or used to spin a turbine attached to a generator. The company envisions a typical installation to have the capacity to produce enough energy to light and heat 16,000 homes.
Len Rosen
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Wed, Feb 7