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Idaho taps into geothermal power

Monday, August 28, 2006; KTVB

MALTA -- Idaho is certainly no stranger to using water for power generation, but it doesn't usually require drilling a mile into the ground to access that water. Xanti Alcelay-KTVB U.S. Geothermal is drilling a mile below the surface of the earth to tap into geothermal power. But that's exactly what's happening at the Northwest's first-ever geothermal power plant under construction in the Idaho desert. - Full Story