Ke ʻeli nei ʻo ʻIlia luawai geothermal hohonu loa ma ka honua i ka puʻuwai o kahi lua pele i loaʻa ka hohonu o 5 mau kilomita e hoʻohana i kona ikehu hou.
A ʻo ke kaomi nui a me ka wela e kū nei i kēlā mau hohonu e hiki ke loaʻa iā 30 a 50 MW o ka uila mai kahi luawai geothermal hoʻokahi. ʻO ʻIlia ka alakaʻi honua i ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka ikehu geothermal a hana ma kahi o 26 pakeneka o kona uila uila mai nā kumuwaiwai geothermal.
ʻO ka hiki i ka hanauna hanauna o nā mea kanu mana honua he a huina o 665 MW i ka 2013 aʻo ka hana he 5.245 GWh.
ʻO kahi pūnāwai geothermal 2,5 kilomika maʻamau i nā māla ʻo Icelandic ka like o ka ikehu ma kahi o 5 MW. Manaʻo nā kānaka ʻepekema a hoʻonui e ka ʻumi i ka ikehu poʻokela o ka luawai ke ʻeli hohonu ʻana i ka iwi o ka honua. Ma kahi hohonu o 5 mau kilomita, kaomi a me ka wela ma luna o 500 kekelē Celsius e hana i ka "uahi supercritical" e hoʻonui nui i ka pono o ka pehu.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia kahi hui pū ʻia e Statoil a me ka Project Drilling Deep Project (IDDP), ka luawai geothermal wela o ka honua. ma ka mokupuni ʻo Reykjanes, kahi i pele ai ka lua pele 700 makahiki i hala.
Un hoʻāʻo like ʻeono makahiki i hala pau i ka pōʻino, me ka rig drill e hoʻopā i ka magma ma kahi hohonu o 2,1 kilomita, e luku ana i ke kaula drill. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ásgeir margeirsson, CEO o ka papahana makua HS Orka:
ʻAʻohe mea hōʻoia e ke holo pono nei nā mea, i ia mau hohonu hiki i nā mea āpau ke lilo i pōʻino i loko o kekona kekona. Hiki i kēia mau mea āpau ke hopena i manaʻo ʻole ʻia, no ka mea no kekahi kumu ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻeli hohonu. ʻAʻole mākou e manaʻo e hoʻopā i ka magma, akā e ʻeli ana mākou i ka pōhaku mehana. A ma ka pōhaku mehana, manaʻo mākou he 400 a 500 mau kekelē Celsius.
No nā makahiki he 7 e hiki mai ana ʻo IDDP ʻeli a hoʻāʻo i kahi moʻo o nā luawai e komo i loko o nā wahi supercritical i manaʻo ʻia aia ma lalo o ʻekolu mau māla geothermal i hoʻohana ʻia ma Iceland.
E lilo i mea mua e wehewehe