What will you get when the Northwest Pacific National Laboratory takes over the once largest and deepest gold mine in North America? The answer may be that there is enough energy to power 100 million households. The enhanced geothermal system project, which includes the laboratory and several partners in academia and industry, aims to test the delivery of fluids into boreholes so that the earth can heat them. Of course, hot fluids can easily generate electricity.
At 4100 feet underground, the old mine is not easily accessible. However, modern technology means that most of the equipment is automated, so workers can experiment at home using computers or even telephones. The system itself is 7 feet long, 7 feet wide and 30 feet long. It is assembled on the ground, tested, and then divided into four parts × 4 sections for transportation to depths below the ground.
The working channel has air conditioning, but once you are laid off at 6:30 in the morning, you can’t go back until 6:30 in the afternoon, so working from home is an obvious advantage.
Some of the project’s researchers recently hosted an “in-depth interview” (we saw what they did there), and you can see the video below.
Paradoxically, you can get heat from the earth and you can also discharge it to the earth. A good way to cool down your next game equipment.