An article on the Oregon Public Broadcasting website describes the proposed use of fluid injection as part of an enhanced geothermal system that will utilize wells drilled on the flank of Newberry Crater. The U.S. Department of Energy is putting $22 million into the project. USGS has a recently installed seismic array that will monitor earthquakes produced by the injection.
Related: A Department of Energy introduction to enhanced geothermal systems [1].
[1] http://www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/egs_animation.html
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