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Title: Where is the geothermal program heading?

Abstract

I would like to pick up on the theme I presented at last year`s program review: {open_quotes}Where are we going in the R&D Program?{close_quotes} I will start by mentioning where we stand as an energy source. Geothermal is the largest energy resource in the United States. It dwarfs all other energy resources, comprising 40 percent of our resource base in this country. It is a huge resource. Recent studies have estimated that the total amount of oil in the world is only 2,000 billion barrels. We have 100 times as much energy locked up in geothermal energy in this country alone. And when looking at the world`s geothermal resources, it is just astronomical. The problem, of course, is using that resource and getting that energy out for some productive purpose. The other attribute of geothermal energy is the fact that it is now a national resource. It is no more a regional resource or fixed to a certain part of the country. The advent of geothermal heat pump technology has brought some national stature for this energy resource.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Geothermal Technologies
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
450617
Report Number(s):
DOE/EE-0106; CONF-9604116-12
ON: DE96015206; TRN: 97:000962-0004
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 14. DOE/Industry geothermal program review on keeping geothermal energy competitive in foreign and domestic markets, Berkeley, CA (United States), 8-11 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]; Related Information: Is Part Of Geothermal program review XIV: Keeping geothermal energy competitive in foreign and domestic markets: Proceedings; PB: 326 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; GEOTHERMAL INDUSTRY; FORECASTING; USA; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; Geothermal Legacy

Citation Formats

Jelacic, A. Where is the geothermal program heading?. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Jelacic, A. Where is the geothermal program heading?. United States.
Jelacic, A. 1996. "Where is the geothermal program heading?". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/450617.
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abstractNote = {I would like to pick up on the theme I presented at last year`s program review: {open_quotes}Where are we going in the R&D Program?{close_quotes} I will start by mentioning where we stand as an energy source. Geothermal is the largest energy resource in the United States. It dwarfs all other energy resources, comprising 40 percent of our resource base in this country. It is a huge resource. Recent studies have estimated that the total amount of oil in the world is only 2,000 billion barrels. We have 100 times as much energy locked up in geothermal energy in this country alone. And when looking at the world`s geothermal resources, it is just astronomical. The problem, of course, is using that resource and getting that energy out for some productive purpose. The other attribute of geothermal energy is the fact that it is now a national resource. It is no more a regional resource or fixed to a certain part of the country. The advent of geothermal heat pump technology has brought some national stature for this energy resource.},
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year = {Wed Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
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