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| System diagram for scCO2-EGS power (Courtesy Paper by Edward D Frank,
John L Sullivan and Michael Q Wang).
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The warm rocks that lie deep beneath our feet contain huge amounts of renewable energy, but extracting that energy is challenging. Traditionally, water has been used to recover geothermal heat; potentially waste carbon dioxide could be employed too. A new study assesses how energy efficient this option might be.
