Google warms to West Virginia's vast geothermal potential

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Research project predicts geothermal power could provide coal state with all the energy it needs

A Google-funded project has discovered a large geothermal resource under West Virginia that could more than double the electrical generation capacity of the high-profile coal state. The research, carried...

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