A team of scientists have set their sights on a crazy goal: drilling straight into the magma chamber underneath an active volcano in Iceland to tap into virtually unlimited geothermal power. The effort is part of a grand plan called the Iceland Deep Drilling Project. Its participating scientists aren't just looking for thrills; they're on a mission to understand the physics deep within the Earth that could revolutionise our energy future. But this is no ordinary project; here in Iceland, discovery and danger go hand in hand. The potential rewards are huge, but so are the challenges they'll face.
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J. Colp. "Final report - Magma Energy Research Project." (1982). [ Ссылка ].
Pearce, Fred. “Iceland Drills Hottest Hole to Tap into Energy of Molten Magma.” New Scientist, October 21, 2016. [ Ссылка ].
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Friðleifsson, G. Ó., Elders, W., Zierenberg, R., Stefánsson, A., Fowler, A., Weisenberger, T., Harðarson, B. S., & Mesfin, K. (2017). The Iceland Deep Drilling Project 4.5 km deep well, IDDP-2, in the seawater-recharged Reykjanes geothermal field in SW Iceland has successfully reached its supercritical target. Scientific Drilling, 23, 1-12.
Stefánsson, V. (2013). The Iceland Deep Drilling Project: Challenges in High-Temperature Geothermal Drilling. Geothermics.
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