Impact of geothermal technology improvements on royalty collections on Federal lands: Volume 1

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6897876· OSTI ID:6897876

The purpose of this study was to predict the value of increased royalties that could be accrued through the year 2010 by the federal government as a result of the accomplishments of the US Department of Energy (DOE) geothermal research and development (RandD) program. The technology improvements considered in this study coincide with the major goals and objectives of the DOE program as set forth in Section 3.0 and will: allow the geothermal industry to maintain a long-term competitive posture in the more favorable fields; and permit it to become competitive where the resource is of lower quality. The study was confined to power generation from liquid-dominated hydrothermal geothermal reservoirs. The technologies for exploiting the liquid-dominated, or hot water, fields for power generation are relatively new and still under development. Thus, each technology enhancement that permits greater economic use of the resource will potentially enhance royalty revenues. Potential royalty revenue from dry steam power production at The Geysers, direct use of geothermal fluids, and use of advanced geothermal technologies (i.e., hot dry rock, magma, and geopressured) has not been considered in this assessment. 12 refs.

• Research Organization: Meridian Corp., Alexandria, VA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-86SF16299
• OSTI ID: 6897876
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/16299-T9; ON: DE89004415
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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