newberry volcano Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:08:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Throwing Water In Volcanoes Could Generate Energy, Scientists Say https://www.greenoptimistic.com/throwing-water-volcanoes-generate-energy-scientists-say-20141117/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/throwing-water-volcanoes-generate-energy-scientists-say-20141117/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:08:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50212 In a search for alternative means to generate energy, scientists have gone beyond what many of us can imagine. Often the new techniques happen to be far from feasible, or just border-line crazy. The latest such idea comes from US scientists, who plan to throw water in a dormant volcano in Central Oregon and harness […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/throwing-water-volcanoes-generate-energy-scientists-say-20141117/feed/ 1 50212 Newberry Volcano in Oregon to Become Geothermal Power Source https://www.greenoptimistic.com/newberry-volcano-in-oregon-to-become-geothermal-power-source-20121016/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/newberry-volcano-in-oregon-to-become-geothermal-power-source-20121016/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:28:42 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26752 Nearly one million people could benefit from a new project in Oregon, where deep waters would be turned into steam by deep geothermal activity of dormant volcanoes and the turbines will be powered without producing greenhouse gases. Altarock, the company in charge of drilling, managed to get approval for the project by the U.S. Bureau […]

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