Hydrothermal Geothermal Subprogram, Hawaii Geothermal Research Station, Hawaii County, Hawaii: Environmental assessment

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5042849· OSTI ID:5042849

This environmental impact assessment addresses the design, construction, and operation of an electric generating plant (3 to 4 MWe) and research station (Hawaii Geothermal Research Station (HGRS)) in the Puna district on the Island of Hawaii. The facility will include control and support buildings, parking lots, cooling towers, settling and seepage ponds, the generating plant, and a visitors center. Research activities at the facility will evaluate the ability of a successfully flow-tested well (42-day flow test) to provide steam for power generation over an extended period of time (two years). In future expansion, research activities may include direct heat applications such as aquaculture and the effects of geothermal fluids on various plant components and specially designed equipment on test modules. 54 refs., 7 figs., 22 tabs.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology
• OSTI ID: 5042849
• Report Number(s): DOE/EA-0071; ON: DE88008848
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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CULTURAL RESOURCES
DESIGN
ENDANGERED SPECIES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FEDERAL REGION IX
GEOLOGY
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS
Geothermal Legacy
HAWAII
HYDROLOGY
INJECTION WELLS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LAND USE
NORTH AMERICA
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
RESOURCES
SITE SELECTION
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SOILS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
USA
WATER QUALITY
WELLS