The geothermal system, funded in part through an Energy Department grant, is the first in the world to use a new technology that makes electricity generation possible at lower temperatures, a breakthrough that will make geothermal power plants feasible in a greater number of locations than today's high-temperature technologies. The total cost of the project, including onsite infrastructure, is $5 million, with 25% from DOE, 25% from United Technologies Corporation, and the rest from Chena and the Alaska Energy Authority.
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