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Geothermal School in Klamath Falls, OR

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Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls aims to be the first university entirely powered by geothermal energy. The school plans to build a $7.6 million geothermal plant on campus in the next couple of years to tap energy readily available underground. Klamath Falls already uses geothermal energy to heat buildings and melt snow from roads, and the unversity heats all its water with geothermal. The school will be the first in the state to use geothermal for electricity, and faculty hope this will create an ideal environment for geothermal research and innovation.