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World First: Underwater Volcano Off US Coast Generates Net-Positive Electricity

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The facility, named Adélie, is located in Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano located about 483 kilometers from the coast of Oregon, in the United States. The equipment had to be lowered to an approximate depth of 1,524 meters and placed in an area with intense hydrothermal activity. The expedition, which lasted around the sea, continued reading "A turbine spinning at 26,000 revolutions per minute at the bottom of the ocean: this is the experi…

·Madrid, Spain
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A world first has occurred; a hidden and immense power in the dark waters of the ocean has become a new beacon of hope for humanity! A state-of-the-art generator lowered to the ocean floor off the coast of the USA is producing far more electricity than it consumes, for the first time in history, using heat from an underwater volcano...

American engineers have successfully developed a geothermal power system using the Axial Seamount volcano. This explores the potential of geothermal energy beneath the ocean floor.

·Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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The biggest advantage of the technology tested by Endurance Energy is that it is completely independent of sunlight and wind. But there are still a couple of problems. The post Historic achievement: underwater volcano used to generate electricity first appeared on 24.hu.

·Budapest, Hungary
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