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The world’s first demonstration of the hot dry rock (HDR) geothermal energy concept took place at Fenton Hill, New Mexico, in the mid to late 1970s. The objective was to create a large, man-made HDR reservoir in rock at an appropriate temperature (~200°C) and accessed by two deep boreholes, completing the pressurized earth circulation loop.
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Brown, D.W., Duchane, D.V., Heiken, G., Hriscu, V.T. (2012). Phase I Drilling and Initial Attempts to Establish Hydraulic Communication. In: Mining the Earth's Heat: Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Energy. Springer Geography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68910-2_3
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