There's an enormous geothermal pool under the Latrobe Valley that can give us cheap, clean energy
- Written by: Graeme Beardsmore, Senior Fellow in Crustal Heat Flow, The University of Melbourne
ShutterstockAbout 650 metres beneath the Latrobe Valley, the heart of Victoria’s coal country, lies a little-known, naturally hot 65℃ pool of water in an enormous aquifer.
This aquifer is a source of geothermal energy – a renewable source of heat or electricity that is, so far, being used to heat an aquatic centre in the town of...