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Podcast #96: Supercritical geothermal

LISTEN: It’s been described as a ‘moonbeam’ but is the answer to electricity sovereignty right beneath our feet?

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In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: The Earth’s crust around Taupo is getting thinner and thinner. And that's a good thing if you want to drill down five kilometres to tap into temperatures of 400 degrees.
It's known as supercritical geothermal energy, and there’s so much

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Simon Shepherd Tue, 24 Mar 2026
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