A leading company in internet has the idea to drill the ground USA to reduce pollution. It is a project that leaves the world open-mouthed. The sovereign country has already surprised us on other occasions with other initiatives, such as the first 100% autonomous truck.
Now, thanks to a corner, he is back in the middle of the scene internet that has become greener.
This is an action that is carried out in the northern desert of Nevada. If you know what it is about, you will understand the extent to which this giant is committed to the environment.
Company I am hot is carrying out a groundbreaking geothermal operation at the above-mentioned location: the Network project. It has started injecting electrons into a local area network with data centers being managed Googlingwhich many call the giant of internet.
The latter company invested in the project two years ago to achieve the goal of running all its data centers on green energy 24 hours a day. The network project It is small and produces between two and three megawatts of energy, or enough to power a few thousand homes.
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However, this is an essential demonstration of a new approach to geothermal energy that could enable the Earth’s natural heat Tierra It is used all over the world.
Hot rock is a ubiquitous material, with temperatures reaching hundreds of degrees Fahrenheit in the first few miles of the surface, but geothermal power plants supply only a small portion of the world’s electricity.
This is in large part due to the fact that they are built specifically in places where naturally heated water can be easily used, such as hot springs and geysers. The hot water is pumped to the surface, where it produces steam that drives the turbines.
The “enhanced” geothermal system (EGS) of Nevada works differently. It does not pierce a natural hydrothermal system. Instead of, I am hot excavated in completely dry rock and developed an artificial one by pumping water that returns to the surface much at a much higher temperature.
It is a strategy supported by hydraulic fracturing techniques (fracking) adopted by the oil and gas sector. The two wells that have been drilled past fev They had an extension of more than 2,000 meters deep each before becoming 100% horizontal. He then connected them by hydraulic fracturing, which created cracks in the rock connecting the two wells.
The Internet is changing with this project involving the soil of the United States
Water enters one well cold and leaves the other at a temperature high enough to drive turbines and produce energy. I am hot announced that his experiment went well after a month of testing, during which time the temperature at the bottom of the wells reached 375 degrees Fahrenheit (191 degrees Celsius).
During that period, enough water also circulated to generate approximately 3.5 megawatts of electricity. According to the CEO of I am hot, Tim LatimerSince then, the figures have remained stable, indicating that the project is ready for grid connection in the long term.
Geothermal energy could help Googling achieve your goal of reducing the impact of energy-intensive data centers. The giant of internet is involved in this initiative USA that surprises everyone so much and reaps so much success. This country continues to attract attention with its initiatives, just as in the past with Terafab, the robot that installs solar panels.