SketchUp Model - Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)

An animation of the 50 MW Habanero EGS system, under development in Australia's Cooper Basin.

We recommend watching in high quality. Video does not have sound.

For more information on EGS technology please check out www.google.org/egs

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[boumar19721972]

It would be better than oil which pollutes 100 times over. Bad thing is that once you tap it it's renewable and almost free energy!

[Ihor Menshykov]

I wonder if this kind of intrusion in the bussiness beneath our feat won't make any bad impact on our planet..

[frogface77]

Very Nice video.... what program did you use to add the Graphic Text?

Nice Models !!! BTW

[soylentgreenb]

"Why not use a cooling tower?"

Water usage? This is in an Australian desert.

[soylentgreenb]

(Solar is most cost-effective for space heating and hot-water heating; photovoltaics are recieving ridiculous levels of subsidies to try to hurry it along(see learning curves), but still doesn't manage to be cost effective).

[soylentgreenb]

"I'm just wondering if solar isn't lower-impact and also currently much cheaper?"

They're not competitors. Solar provides peak-load and isn't reliable unless you live near a desert. That means solar must be backed up with natural gas or hydro power for cloudy days/winter(mostly gas since hydro resource is quite limited).

Geothermal energy can provide baseload without any miracles in transmission and storage.

[semiliteratedgod]

do u have atleast one of these up'n'runnin?

[hamsterpoop]

I am currently studying Geology and Geophysics and was a bit annoyed about having to work for a petroleum company if I wanted to help solve the world's energy crisis. I am so happy to see that Google is investing in Geothermal!! I want to work on this sooo badly!!! :D

[sp4zzpp2]

ya, very human-like, I guess. Let's suck the energy out of everything to make money.. Humans have to spread all over, I know. Ya we have also the right to do so, god is supposed to say.