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WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to increase the amount of energy that can be extracted from California's Coso geothermal field, a Department of Energy-funded project will pump water at high pressure into an existing reservoir, fracturing the subsurface rocks and creating new channels for the flow of the hot water.

Called "hydrofracing," a process commonly used in oil and gas production, the new ...

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