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Article: TECH GEOTHERMAL PROJECT BOLSTERED BY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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SOCORRO, N.M., Nov. 5 -- New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology issued the following news release:
Looking to the west from Socorro in the evenings, many people are wondering about the bright spotlights illuminating the base of 'M' Mountain.
The lights aren't related to any explosives testing; a drilling company - under the watchful eye of a team of geologists - is working around the clock to find a source of geothermally heated water.
The federal Department of Energy awarded New Mexico Tech $457,000 earlier this year to drill a test well. Now, the agency has awarded Tech another $2 million to link the geothermal wells to the campus heating system. The project will drastically ...