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Title: NREL Energy conversion panel review

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OSTI ID:7369652
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  1. Oxbow Power Services, Inc., Reno, NV (United States)

This paper summarizes the recommendations of the NREL Energy Conversion Panel which met in April 1993 to discuss the DOE Geothermal program. The panel felt that DOE support is still appropriate, and should be channeled to those areas that serve to help the industry in general. Because of the diversity of the industry, in particular the differing types of thermal reservoirs being tapped, it is difficult to have a particular project impact the entire industry. The panel concluded research support was most needed in three main areas: improvements in the cost competitiveness of new steam turbine plants; improvements in the utilization of troubled or declining resources; and improvements in the utilization of low and medium temperature resources. Details are briefly highlighted for each of these areas.

OSTI ID:
7369652
Report Number(s):
CONF-930484-; ON: DE94001714
Resource Relation:
Conference: 11. Geothermal program review: geothermal energy - the environmentally responsible energy technology for the nineties, Berkeley, CA (United States), 27-29 Apr 1993; Related Information: In: Proceedings: Geothermal Energy: The Environmentally Responsible Energy Technology for the Nineties'', by
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English