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USAF to operate MQ-9, F-16 base on geothermal power in historic first

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Department of the Air Force has awarded its first contract to determine whether a power plant using Geopressured Geothermal Systems ( GGS ) can generate clean energy needed for a base to achieve energy resilience.

GGS repurposes cutting-edge fracking technology to extract thermal energy from miles below the Earth ’s surface.

Sage Geosystems will construct the system at an off-site test well in Starr County , Texas 2025 .

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