The drilling operation of the well with a depth of 4,659 meters took 176 days. Temperature at the bottom of the well has already been measured at 427°C.
The IDDP, founded in 2000, is a long term research and development project which will take a decade or two to conclude. As yet, IDDP is therefore not an alternative solution to meet energy demand in the near or intermediate future.
The main purpose of the IDDP project is to find out if it is economically feasible to extract energy and chemicals out of hydrothermal systems at supercritical conditions.
Iceland is a world leader in the the use of geothermal energy and produces approximately 26 percent of its electricity from geothermal sources.
Drilling of world’s deepest geothermal well completed
03 February 2017
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The drilling of the world’s deepest geothermal well (IDDP-2) has been completed on Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland, according to the website of the Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP).
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