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Title: Alternative Geothermal Power Production Scenarios

Abstract

The information given in this file pertains to Argonne life-cycle analyses (LCAs) of the plant cycle stage for a set of ten new geothermal scenario pairs, each comprised of a reference and improved case. These analyses were conducted to compare environmental performances among the scenarios and cases. The types of plants evaluated are hydrothermal binary and flash and Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) binary and flash plants. Each scenario pair was developed by the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) group using the Geothermal Electricity Evaluation Model (GETEM) as a way to identify plant operational and resource combinations that could reduce geothermal power plant LCOE values. Based on the specified plant and well field characteristics (plant type, capacity, capacity factor and lifetime, and well numbers and depths) for each case of each pair, Argonne generated a corresponding set of material to power ratios (MPRs) and greenhouse gas and fossil energy ratios.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Other Number(s):
350
DOE Contract Number:  
FY13 AOP 1
Research Org.:
USDOE Geothermal Data Repository (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Program (EE-2C)
Collaborations:
Argonne National Laboratory
Subject:
15 Geothermal Energy
Keywords:
geothermal; alternative scenarios; life cycle metrics; greenhouse gas ratios; LCOEs; LCA; GHG ratio; energy ratio; material to power ratios; life-cycle analyses; cost of energy; levelized; material to power ratio; MPR; GETEM; evaluatiion; resource; inventory; hydrothermal; economic; evaluation; cost; energy; ratio; GHG; fossil fuel; power; production; scenarios
Geolocation:
39.0,-122.6|38.6,-122.6|38.6,-123.0|39.0,-123.0|39.0,-122.6
OSTI Identifier:
1148726
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15121/1148726
Project Location:


Citation Formats

Sullivan, John. Alternative Geothermal Power Production Scenarios. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.15121/1148726.
Sullivan, John. Alternative Geothermal Power Production Scenarios. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1148726
Sullivan, John. 2014. "Alternative Geothermal Power Production Scenarios". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1148726. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1148726. Pub date:Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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year = {Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
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