Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

GeoRePORT Protocol Volume II: Geological Assessment Tool

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1568050· OSTI ID:1568050
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

The attributes used by this protocol to describe a geothermal resource include the constraints on the quality of the geothermal resource as well as the technical and socio-economic characteristics that determine whether the heat can be produced. Attributes controlled by the structural, geophysical, geochemical, and hydrological constraints are important in describing the geological grade of a geothermal system. Other attributes important to the feasibility of extracting the geothermal resource due to technical, or socio-economic barriers are addressed in the Technical Assessment Tool and Socio-Economic Assessment Tool documents, respectively.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Geothermal Technologies Office
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1568050
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP-4A00-73172
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English