Fire and ice: Geothermal energy's world-saving potential
A thermal revolution is taking place in a remote northern alliance in Canada.
Imagine the steaming natural baths of Iceland, the bubbling lava of Hawaii, or the hot volcanic soil of Mexico, and you’re picturing wild geothermal energy being released.
We can easily forget that this energy is below us everywhere on earth, and it’s almost limitless.
For decades, using free, geothermal heat inside the earth’s crust to produce electricity has been a tricky problem. Projects are often limited to active ‘hot zones’, where you don’t need to drill deep to reach the heat. Some have tried superheating water and then piping steam to the surface as a common method, but it’s often proved inefficient.
As solar and wind power continue to race ahead and become cheaper, geothermal’s potential has been buried.
Now, revolutionary advances in Canada could bring geothermal energy back with a bang. A new method is promising environmentally-safe, cost-effective power that doesn’t impact scenery, or contend with intermittent sunlight or wind.
An energy island in the wildernessLittle Salmon Carmacks First Nation is located in Canada’s Yukon territory, a huge region that borders Alaska, dominated by forests, mining, and freezing winters.
The First Nation’s main village, Carmacks, is hours from the nearest city. It’s well-known as a pitstop along the world’s toughest dog-sled race.
“The community is at about 800 to 900 people,” says Chief Russell Blackjack. Most people work for local government or in small businesses. Wintertime makes concerns like housing and heating weigh on peoples’ minds.
“Housing is a big issue,” explains Blackjack. The area sees a growing trend of outward migration among young people seeking higher education, and a lack of job opportunities in the local mines.
“A lot of people do move because we don’t have the housing here.” He notes that heating is a significant cost for residents to bear. The Yukon’s isolated, low-power grid has never been connected to the main North American grid.
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