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

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[–] mipadaitu 40 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Iceland gets the vast majority of its power from geothermal, but this is the first time they're drilling into an active volcano.

It'll be an interesting experiment, and hopefully will help bring even more clean energy possibilities to the world.

[–] Windex007 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Well... First time on purpose

From the article:

But we know for sure it can be done because in 2009 a nearby Icelandic geothermal plant accidentally drilled into Krafla's magma chamber. The incident revealed important insights about the liquid state and dynamic interactions of the magma, although the drill's steel casings were obliterated in the process. On the bright side, this incursion also showed that exposing the magma chamber doesn't cause volcanoes to erupt.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Best "on the bright side" I have ever read.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I love how it's first "Oh, we had some great findings." and only second "And no one died.".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We get the vast majority from hydroelectric energy, since we have huge glacial rivers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

For now