The
NEXT-Drill
project,
which
will
be
coordinated
by
Norwegian
research
institute
Sintef,
will
use
the
money
to
test
well
and
drilling
technology.
The
group
hopes
to
become
a
global
centre
of
expertise
in
the
technology
for
both
conventional-
and
deep-geothermal
applications.
It
will
be
supported
by
researchers
from
Trondheim
science
and
technology
university
NTNU,
the
International
Research
Institute
of
Stavanger
and
the
University
of
Stavanger.
Sintef
says:
“At
our
latitudes,
the
ground
temperature
rises
by
about
20ºC
per
kilometre
into
the
crust.
Power
from
this
source
of
energy
could
play…
