An Evaluation of Enhanced Geothermal Systems Technology

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1219317· OSTI ID:1219317

Jelacic, Allan ^[1]; Fortuna, Raymond ^[1]; LaSala, Raymond ^[1]; Nathwani, Jay ^[1]; Nix, Gerald ^[1]; Visser, Charles ^[2]; Green, Bruce ^[2]; Renner, Joel ^[3]; Blankenship, Douglas ^[4]; Kennedy, Mack ^[5]; Bruton, Carol ^[6]

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1. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
3. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
4. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
5. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
6. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

This 2008 document presents the results of an eight-month study by the Department of Energy (DOE) and its support staff at the national laboratories concerning the technological requirements to commercialize a new geothermal technology, Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS).

• Research Organization: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Office (EE-4G) (Geothermal Technologies Office Corporate)
• OSTI ID: 1219317
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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