Tapping the heat trapped in rocks (2)

1 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-03-19 01:42 ID:Heaven

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2005-03-18T133516Z_01_N18214373_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-ENVIRONMENT-AFRICA-GEOTHERMAL-DC.XML
As heavily indebted Africa sinks under rising oil prices, a U.N.-sponsored project aims to give the continent access to vast reserves of cheap, clean energy.

The African Rift Geothermal facility project aims to tap the heat trapped in rocks deep beneath the floor of the geological feature that runs from the Red Sea to Mozambique.

A recent report by the U.S. Geothermal Energy Association calculated that the hot rocks beneath the rift valley could produce up to 6.5 gigawatts of energy.

The Rift Valley runs through Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Malawi through Mozambique.

2 Name: Unverified Source 2005-03-27 03:06 ID:hHoU803I

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