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Iceland will tunnel into a volcano to tap into virtually unlimited geothermal power (www.zmescience.com)

submitted 6 months ago by remington@beehaw.org to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 10 points 6 months ago

A genuine Bob Ross-level happy accident hitting the magma before.

I'm curious where full production at this new plant would leave the nation as a whole, given the 90% for residential usage and 70% of overall use of geothermal. That with extra efficiency is sort of the holy grail for renewables, since batteries are no longer central to resiliency (short of maintenance, of course). 100% uptime at constant output with zero emissions in excess of a nation's needs would be amazing.