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Google invests $10 mln in geothermal technology

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LOS ANGELES - Google Inc on Tuesday said it would invest more than $10 million in a breakthrough geothermal energy technology.

Published: Tue 19 Aug 2008, 9:36 PM

Updated: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 11:55 AM

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Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, said the investment would go toward so-called Enhanced Geothermal Systems. The technology circulates water through hot rocks in the ground, producing steam to power a turbine.

Conventional geothermal technology relies on finding naturally occurring pockets of steam and hot water in the ground.

Google's investment includes $6.25 million for AltaRock Energy Inc, $4 million for Potter Drilling Inc, and a $489,521 grant for Southern Methodist University's Geothermal Lab.



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