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Forbes. Enhanced geothermal The Swiss closed their enhanced geothermal project because it was causing damaging earthquakes. The Feds pulled the plug on a California project because of repeated problems like drill bits snapping off as well as concerns about the Basel earthquakes. The type of geothermal energy explored in Basel and at the Geysers [...] Enhanced Geothermal Systems have the potential to produce “effectively unlimited” renewable energy. It does this by drilling much deeper than conventional geothermal, harnessing the heat in the earth to create steam to power the turbines. As for the possibility of increased earthquake risk, Altarock President Susan Petty says in a SolveClimate interview, don’t drill [...] |  | ||||
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