U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific and Technical Information
Geothermal Life Cycle Calculator
Abstract
This calculator is a handy tool for interested parties to estimate two key life cycle metrics, fossil energy consumption (Etot) and greenhouse gas emission (ghgtot) ratios, for geothermal electric power production. It is based solely on data developed by Argonne National Laboratory for DOE's Geothermal Technologies office. The calculator permits the user to explore the impact of a range of key geothermal power production parameters, including plant capacity, lifetime, capacity factor, geothermal technology, well numbers and depths, field exploration, and others on the two metrics just mentioned. Estimates of variations in the results are also available to the user.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Other Number(s):
- 362
- DOE Contract Number:
- FY13 AOP 11
- 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; calculator; life cycle metrics; greenhouse emissions rate; life cycle metric; greenhouse gas emissions rate; fossil energy consumption; greenhouse gas emissions; ratios; electric power; life cycle; GHG; emissions; performance; exploration; capacity; lifetime; capacity factor; environment; environmental; ratio; energy
- Geolocation:
- 39.0,-122.6|38.6,-122.6|38.6,-123.0|39.0,-123.0|39.0,-122.6
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1136728
- DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.15121/1136728
- Project Location:
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Citation Formats
Sullivan, John. Geothermal Life Cycle Calculator. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.15121/1136728.
Sullivan, John. Geothermal Life Cycle Calculator. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1136728
Sullivan, John. 2014.
"Geothermal Life Cycle Calculator". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1136728. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1136728. Pub date:Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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title = {Geothermal Life Cycle Calculator},
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abstractNote = {This calculator is a handy tool for interested parties to estimate two key life cycle metrics, fossil energy consumption (Etot) and greenhouse gas emission (ghgtot) ratios, for geothermal electric power production. It is based solely on data developed by Argonne National Laboratory for DOE's Geothermal Technologies office. The calculator permits the user to explore the impact of a range of key geothermal power production parameters, including plant capacity, lifetime, capacity factor, geothermal technology, well numbers and depths, field exploration, and others on the two metrics just mentioned. Estimates of variations in the results are also available to the user.},
doi = {10.15121/1136728},
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place = {United States},
year = {2014},
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