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'It's quite inefficient at those low temperatures so there's an interest in trying to develop super-hot geothermal,' John Eichelberger, a volcanologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks told New Scientist. Instead, tapping into the higher temperatures from the magma chamber could lead to a more powerful energy supply. 'The purpose of producing energy from near magma super-hot geothermal is that these wells are up to an order of magnitude more powerful in terms of producing energy than conventional wells,' Guðmundsson told MailOnline. 'We can drill one well instead of 10 for the same power output.'