Energy from the Bowels of the Earth. Vulcanism and Its Uses in Iceland

Iceland is far ahead of the rest of the world in the use of geothermal energy for hot water and space heating, but they have run into severe difficulties in generating electricity from this source. The present report describes these difficulties and some of the people involved. (Author)

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Main Author: Machol,Robert E
Other Authors: OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH LONDON (ENGLAND)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1980
Subjects:
Geology
Geochemistry and Mineralogy
Electric Power Production and Distribution
Air Condition
Heating
Lighting & Ventilating
*GEOTHERMY
BUILDINGS
THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION
ICELAND
Iceland
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spelling ftdtic:ADA093273 2023-05-15T16:42:54+02:00 Energy from the Bowels of the Earth. Vulcanism and Its Uses in Iceland Machol,Robert E OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH LONDON (ENGLAND) 1980-10-31 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA093273 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA093273 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA093273 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Geology Geochemistry and Mineralogy Electric Power Production and Distribution Air Condition Heating Lighting & Ventilating *GEOTHERMY BUILDINGS THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ICELAND Text 1980 ftdtic 2016-02-20T19:04:58Z Iceland is far ahead of the rest of the world in the use of geothermal energy for hot water and space heating, but they have run into severe difficulties in generating electricity from this source. The present report describes these difficulties and some of the people involved. (Author) Text Iceland Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database
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topic Geology
Geochemistry and Mineralogy
Electric Power Production and Distribution
Air Condition
Heating
Lighting & Ventilating
*GEOTHERMY
BUILDINGS
THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION
ICELAND
spellingShingle Geology
Geochemistry and Mineralogy
Electric Power Production and Distribution
Air Condition
Heating
Lighting & Ventilating
*GEOTHERMY
BUILDINGS
THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION
ICELAND
Machol,Robert E
Energy from the Bowels of the Earth. Vulcanism and Its Uses in Iceland
topic_facet Geology
Geochemistry and Mineralogy
Electric Power Production and Distribution
Air Condition
Heating
Lighting & Ventilating
*GEOTHERMY
BUILDINGS
THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION
ICELAND
description Iceland is far ahead of the rest of the world in the use of geothermal energy for hot water and space heating, but they have run into severe difficulties in generating electricity from this source. The present report describes these difficulties and some of the people involved. (Author)
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title Energy from the Bowels of the Earth. Vulcanism and Its Uses in Iceland
title_short Energy from the Bowels of the Earth. Vulcanism and Its Uses in Iceland
title_full Energy from the Bowels of the Earth. Vulcanism and Its Uses in Iceland
title_fullStr Energy from the Bowels of the Earth. Vulcanism and Its Uses in Iceland
title_full_unstemmed Energy from the Bowels of the Earth. Vulcanism and Its Uses in Iceland
title_sort energy from the bowels of the earth. vulcanism and its uses in iceland
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