Irish oil and gas explorer Providence Resources is evaluating whether it can generate electricity from billions of barrels of boiling water under the sea bed. Irish oil and gas explorer Providence Resources is evaluating whether it can generate electricity from billions of barrels of boiling water under the sea bed. The project would be a type of geothermal energy - energy derived from the heat under the surface of the planet. However, the presence of the boiling water presents the opportunity to generate energy in a different manner. The boiling water would be pumped up to the seabed, and then into the exchanger.

Source: Irish Independent December 15, 2018 02:35 UTC