What Is a Magma Geothermal Power Plant?
A Magma Energy Utilization Process power plant (Figure 2.) was designed by the Sandia Laboratory in the late 1970’s. The design utilized, at that time, all the best possibilities that might be incorporated into such a power plant. It included all the results from the Sandia drilling into the Hawaii lava lake, Kilauea Ika including the production of hydrogen and methane from magma chemistry and conditions—to be discussed shortly.
