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New attempts to convert geothermal heat into electricity

Seven Swiss energy providers have joined forces to develop projects to extract power from heat stored in the earth. Drilling is fraught with difficulties and a geothermal power project in Basel had to be stopped, but electricity companies still regard it as the energy source of the future. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

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