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Title: Assessment of Needs for Further Research to Understand the Role of Governments in Supporting Geothermal Exploration

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OSTI ID:1357748

This paper looks at financing barriers to geothermal resource exploration in the United States (U.S.) for electricity generation projects and analyzes why the market is not developing as quickly as foreign geothermal markets or as quickly as other renewable energy technologies in the U.S. Research opportunities and approaches to understanding these discrepancies are discussed, particularly whether government policies and programs are spurring development activities. Further analysis to understand policies, programmatic cost efficiencies, potential project revenues, and other economic impacts are recommended together with the preliminary conclusions.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Geothermal Technologies Office
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1357748
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-6A20-66665
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at the Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting (GRC 2016), 23-26 October 2016, Sacramento, California
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English