Economic assessment of nine geothermal direct use applications. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5390716· OSTI ID:5390716

Gordon, L C; Breton, T R

This report provides an economic analysis of nine federally-supported geothermal direct heat applications which were part of DOE's Program Opportunity Notice (PON) program. Three of the projects analyzed were user-owned systems, and six were district heating systems. Five of the nine projects are successful from an economic standpoint and the majority of these projects are in areas where geothermal energy has long been used for heating. The results of this analysis indicate that geothermal energy projects can be economic under certain conditions, but these conditions may not be very widespread.

• Research Organization: ICF, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-80ID12099
• OSTI ID: 5390716
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/12099-5; ON: DE84006475
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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