The ‘Gate to Hell’ has been opened for the first time providing infinite energy and thousands of degrees. Some time ago we talked about the ‘crystal from hell’ that stores infinite energy at 1,000ºC and now it is the turn of an ambitious project that promises to revolutionize the limits imposed. Renewable energies are clean, inexhaustible and increasingly competitive sources of energy.
While fossil fuels have served their purpose perfectly for years, renewable energies are gaining ground because of their diversity and the fact that they do not produce greenhouse gases. In addition, their costs are falling steadily, while the overall cost trend for fossil fuels is on the rise.
The growth in demand for renewable energies is undeniable, which is why projects related to obtaining new energies or existing inexhaustible energies are gaining notoriety.
Hell’s gate’ opens and infinite energy comes to light
The world’s first magma well will be transformed into a cheap, unlimited power plant. Iceland accidentally discovered a magma chamber that opens the door (‘Hell’s door’) to a new form of high-temperature geothermal energy capable of providing affordable electricity supply to the entire world. Thus comes the Krafla Magma Testbed (KM) project, which has been working for 10 years to use the high temperatures of the magma chamber of the Krafla volcano in Iceland to generate energy.
The scientists in charge of the project have reported that everything is now being prepared to start with the first drillings. If things go as planned, this will be the first time that volcanic magma has been studied in depth and will be the first step towards creating a new type of geothermal power plant that could supply the world with large amounts of clean electricity at almost zero cost.
Together with the United States and Kenya, Iceland is one of the leading countries in geothermal energy, a sustainable and unlimited type of energy that takes advantage of the high temperatures of geothermal fluids to move turbines and obtain electricity.
It sounds like the perfect infinite energy, but there is a reason why it has not been extended to more countries: because of the difficulty of finding space for drilling at great depths. In addition, the efficiency of geothermal energy is limited to the temperature level of the wells.
Fossil-fuel power plants produce steam at about 450°C, while the temperature of standard geothermal fluids is only about 250°C. However, this could soon change. However, this could soon change.
Infinite energy could be coming sooner than we think
KMT researchers are working on a method to find these magma chambers and extract their energy, something that until recently seemed impossible. Some of these molten rock deposits reach 900°C and are located just a few kilometers from the Earth’s surface, an aspect that makes them accessible given today’s technology.
KTM’s project is not the only one on the scene to get energy from magma. Quasie, a company founded by former MIT engineers, uses a millimeter-wave drill that reaches up to 20 km deep.
For its part, the KMT team will begin by analyzing the characteristics of the Krafla magma chamber. While the scientific part is being clarified, a second well will be drilled to act as a test bed.
In short, the ‘door to Hell’ will open to provide us with infinite energy, a promise shared with the appearance of these enigmatic rocks.
