Environmental assessmental, geothermal energy, Heber geothermal binary-cycle demonstration project: Imperial County, California

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7088276· OSTI ID:7088276

The proposed design, construction, and operation of a commercial-scale (45 MWe net) binary-cycle geothermal demonstration power plant are described using the liquid-dominated geothermal resource at Heber, Imperial County, California. The following are included in the environmental assessment: a description of the affected environment, potential environmental consequences of the proposed action, mitigation measures and monitoring plans, possible future developmental activities at the Heber anomaly, and regulations and permit requirements. (MHR)

• Research Organization: US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7088276
• Report Number(s): DOE/EA-0119
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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