How much deep the hole is to be bored in geothermal power plant?
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The answer for your question "How much deep the hole is to be bored in geothermal power plant?" is between 250 to 300 feet to generate power.
Power plants that uses geothermal energy (the energy of the sun that stored by the earth) to generate power is known as geothermal power plant. Currently 24 countries around the world has their own geothermal power plant.
The present, geothermal wells in the world are on an average 3,000 metres deep (3 kilometres). It can go up to 6,000 – 12,000 metres (6 – 12 kilometres) depth. The deepest research well – Kola Superdeep Borehole is 12,261 metres (12.261 kilometres) deep.
Geothermal power plants tap the heat from earth’s core, to heat water or other fluids, which are then used to generate electricity.