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Cape Station, future home of an enhanced geothermal power plant, in Utah

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177 points mooreds | 3 comments | 06 Sep 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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RobinL ◴[06 Sep 25 21:24 UTC] No.45152986[source]▶
This provides a lot of interesting info on geothermal: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/watt-lies-beneath/

And more: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/episodes/fracking-aust...

One interesting point made here is that the cost of turbines puts a floor price on any form.of generation which uses them, whether renewable or not, meaning in the long run solar has a big advantage: https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/casey-handmer. I don't know how accurate that is

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1. loeg ◴[06 Sep 25 22:01 UTC] No.45153274[source]▶
Kinda. We have a lot of existing coal plants that we want to offline to decarbonize, and they've already got turbines.
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2. thayne ◴[07 Sep 25 02:10 UTC] No.45154748[source]▶
How hard is it to repurpose those turbines for other sources? And are they in good enough shape to get a long life out of them after being repurposed?
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3. loeg ◴[07 Sep 25 13:46 UTC] No.45158099[source]▶
I don't know -- I'm far from an expert on this -- but ultimately they're both steam-driven turbines.