Iceland scientists unveil plan to drill into volcano’s magma chamber to power country with super-hot geothermal energy

Iceland scientists unveil plan to drill into volcano’s magma chamber to power country with super-hot geothermal energy

New York Post·2024-01-14 16:01

Scientists in Iceland have come up with an ambitious plan to drill into a volcano’s magma chamber to source an abundant amount of clean, super-hot geothermal energy.

The project, which would be a scientific first if successful, would see boreholes drilled about 1.3 miles down through the earth’s crust at a volcano known as Krafla, located in the northeast of Iceland. 

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