New Zealand geologists plan to harness volcano heat to reduce climate emissions

Holes drilled into extinct volcano could use magma’s heat to pipe hot water through buildings

A group of geologists in Dunedin are hoping to reduce climate-damaging emissions by drilling deep into an extinct 11-million-year-old volcano below the South Island city to harness its heat.

Dr Mike Palin and Otago University colleagues are exploring whether the heat could be a viable energy resource, “thereby reducing carbon-based fuel consumption and consequent greenhouse gas emissions”.

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