Adelaide Advertiser
Saturday 25/10/2008 Page: 81
THE small Outback town of Innamincka is re-energising itself this weekend with some hot rocks-chilled beer. Residents will be celebrating a lifetime's supply of free power thanks to geothermal energy explorer GeoDynamics. In a deal - first reported by The Advertiser in May this year - the company has offered the 12 residents of Innamincka free geothermal power from early next year while it puts its technology to the test.
GeoDynamics executive director Dr Doone Wyborn will be officiating at the opening of Innamincka Hotel's redeveloped Outamincka Bar and Grill, which will serve beer chilled using hot rocks energy. "We don't have really a market for our power and we need to run our small pilot power station as much as we can so that we can make sure these sort of systems work properly," he said. Hot rock geothermal energy is produced by continuously cycling water through naturally hot rocks 3-5km underground. The water is heated to around 300C, generating steam to drive an electricity turbine.
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