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Crews have started drilling a geothermal test well on the campus of Brooklyn College, part of a systemwide plan within the City University of New York to explore viable clean energy options.
Under the partnership with the New York Power Authority (NYPA), through the Decarbonization Leadership Program (DLP), a 500-foot-deep test borehole was drilled to assess the college’s geothermal potential. The program directs NYPA to develop energy and emissions profiles and decarbonization action plans for the state’s carbon-emitting facilities.
The heat factor of the earth’s subterranean core offers the possibility of vast amounts of energy to replace natural gas and fuel coil in combined heat and power applications. A report on geothermal electricity and CHP potential from the European Geothermal Energy Council notes that the overarching heat power of the earth’s crust is close to 12 octillion megajoules.
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