February 17, 2009 | 5 comments
By Eitan Haddok and David Biello
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Soultz-sous-Forêts's enhanced geothermal power plant involved drilling two pairs of boreholes down to deep, fractured rock—one from each pair in which hot fluid is extracted to deliver its calories and the others into which the cooled fluid is injected after it is used to make electricity.
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