HOT DRY ROCK

Domain	Definition
Energy	A geothermal energy resource that consists of high temperature rocks above 300 F (150 C) that may be fractured and have little or no water. To extract the heat, the rock must first be fractured, then water is injected into the rock and pumped out to extract the heat. In the western United States, as much as 95,000 square miles (246,050 square km) have hot dry rock potential. (references)
	A geothermal resource created when impermeable, subsurfacerock structures, typically granite rock 15,000 feet or more below the earth's surface,are heated by geothermal energy. The resource is being investigated as a source ofenergy production. (references)
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Anagrams: HOT DRY ROCK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-h-k-o-o-r-r-t-y"
	-3 letters: corrody.
	-4 letters: cohort, corody, doctor, hotrod, torchy.
	-5 letters: choky, chook, chord, cooky, corky, crook, dorky, dorty, hoody, hooky, hooty, hydro, ochry, ortho, rocky, rooky, rooty, rotch, rotor, thoro, torch, trock.
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