Accidental Magma Drilling in Iceland Yields Supercharged Geothermal Power

The Accidental Magma Strike That Started It All In 2009, a drill crew working for the Iceland Deep Drilling Project at the Krafla volcanic caldera in northeast Iceland punched straight into molten rock at around 900 degrees Celsius, roughly 2.1 kilometers down. According to project data, ordinary Icelandic wells produce fluid at about 250 degrees ... Read more