Preface

Journal Article · Tue May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Geothermics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2016.04.001· OSTI ID:1471024

Blankenship, Douglas ^[1]; Dobson, Patrick ^[2]; Garg, Sabodh ^[3]; Ghassemi, Ahmad ^[4]; Kohl, Thomas ^[5]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
3. Leidos Inc., San Diego, CA (United States)
4. Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
5. Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany)

High-temperature geothermal resources are often the manifestations of cooling magmatic intrusions, and are vertically zoned. Beneath the low-permeability cap and the hydrothermal circulation volume, there exists a zone of limited permeability where water does not circulate freely. At present, almost all of the commercial production of geothermal energy is derived from the relatively shallow (usually < 2–3 km) hydrothermal zone (i.e. zone where water can flow freely). Reliance on hydrothermal resources is dictated by currently available technology and by cost considerations.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Office (EE-4G)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1471024
• Journal Information: Geothermics, Journal Name: Geothermics Vol. 63; ISSN 0375-6505
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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