When we say a volcano is dormant, that doesn’t mean that it’s dead; it just means that it hasn’t erupted in some time. Iceland has more than its fair share of volcanos, and the nation is treating those volcanos as a national resource. A resource of thermal energy that is.
The volcano under Reykjanes Peninsula hasn’t erupted in over 700 years, but it will soon contribute to Iceland’s energy output. A group of scientists and engineers dug a hole almost three miles deep toward the volcano’s thermal core.At this depth, the hole does not enter the magma chamber but does penetrate the rock surrounding it, which the researchers measured…
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