Scientists in Iceland have come up with an ambitious plan to drill into a volcano's magma chamber to source an abundant amount of clean, super-hot geothermal energy. Primary Menu Sections.

Lava can destroy and create. Magma is another story, as America has done what no one has dared to do in history: Finding the ...

In 2013, the same team that made the discovery, led by Bjarni Pálsson at Landsvirkjun, launched the Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) project to repeat their success.

The project, helmed by the Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) organization, is set to start drilling into a magma chamber by 2026, in the hopes of using the magma to heat up water and generate electricity.

Scientists in Iceland want to drill straight into an underground magma chamber. The project could offer clues about how volcanoes work, as well as create geothermal energy. The biggest hurdles are ...

In Iceland, where geothermal is a major source of power and heating, the researchers from the Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) will be looking to revolutionize geothermal energy. KMT, which aims to ...

According to Canary Media, the nonprofit research initiative Krafla Magma Testbed plans to drill two holes over the next four years to test the feasibility and efficiency of harnessing geothermal ...

Chrapkiewicz at el, "Magma chamber detected beneath an arc volcano with full-waveform inversion of active-source seismic data", Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geosystems, January 2023, 10.1029 ...

The researchers found that the blast ejected roughly 30% of the magma — more than 2.1 cubic miles (9 cubic kilometers) — from a shallow central chamber, which caused the roof of the volcano to ...

Some magma chambers also hold copious amounts of volatile gases, which are normally dissolved into the magma. As the magma cools and when overburden pressure reduces, those gases rush out of ...