A Manpower Assessment of the Geothermal Industry
The authors were asked to estimate the net employment gains in the geothermal industry from 1980 to 1985 and 1990. Method was by survey. Response rates were high, so the estimates here likely reflect industry knowledge and outlooks at the start of the most active construction decade of the U.S. geothermal industry. An untitled table following Table IV-1 is of great interest because it breaks out employment requirement estimates for different phases/aspects of project development, i.e., exploration and resource assessment, exploratory drilling, production drilling, power plant construction, feed system (field piping) construction, field operation and maintenance, power plant operation and maintenance, and transmission line construction. Estimates like these are rare in the U.S. geothermal literature. While these estimates are dated, they comprise an historical economic baseline from which improvements in labor use in the geothermal industry might be constructed. (DJE 2005)
- Research Organization:
- Human Resources Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 860576
- Report Number(s):
- HRI 791Z
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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