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department, and as an interface that makes
the technology more accessible and opti-
mises it to produce power at lower and lower
temperatures. “PetraTerm’s model on EGS is
an optimisation process. So we are not trying
to get as hot as possible, we are looking to get
power from lower temperatures,” says Kal-
lis. He says that their approach has instead
looked at development of products that have
established inroads into markets. Kallis says
that there is little reason to develop a prod-
uct that is impossible to deliver. “We have to
be able to deliver these products at a com-
petitive price before we even look at what
subsidies and grants that we might be get-
ting. Unless you can do that and do it against
competition you just won’t be in the game,”
says Kallis. He says that the aim has to be to
develop the product, which is in their case –
power, and then deliver it into the market at
Paralana drill site