| 2001 University Research Summaries: |
| A Study Of Production/Injection Data From Slim Holes And Large-Diameter Wells At The Okuaizu Geothermal Field, Tohoku, Japan: new link — Design and build PEM fuel cells, zero emission vehicles, and solar hydrogen power systems. Also contains hydrogen fuel cell FAQ and related information. |
| Aangstrom Strategic Inc: |
| American Geothermal Inc : |
| Canadian Geothermal Energy Association: PDF-350k — E03-05, This documented white paper demystifies hydrogen energy, debunks popular misconceptions, and proposes a surprisingly easy, attractive, and profitable path to the hydrogen economy (23 June 2003). |
| Center For Resource Solutions (Crs) : Information on the DOE wind and hydro energy program, wind power projects, wind turbine technology and research, and wind energy basics. |
| Century Drilling And Energy Services (Nz) Limited : Our government actually does have an interest in clean Hydrogen fuel..this is the DOE’s Hydrogen Network homepage. |
| Ch2m Hill : Idaho National Laboratory Report |
| Climatemaster : Idaho National Laboratory Report |
| Closing/Further Sources Of Information: |
| Deep Heat Mining: Provider of geothermal heat pump heating and cooling systems for commercial and industrial process, water heating and/or cooling applications. |
| Design Considerations For Artificial Lifting Of Enhanced Geothermal System Fluids, July 2005 — 769kb Pdf: Information about the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association, its members, directors and their on-going projects. Also, a description of geothermal resources in general and specific to Canada. Online bibliography of information about geothermal resources in Canada |
| Development Of New Geothermal Wellbore Holdup Correlations Using Flowing Well Data March 2004: dedicated to promoting renewable energy and economic and environmental sustainability; administers national and international programs (such as Green-e) that preserve and protect the environment through the design of sustainable energy strategy.. |
| Economics: New Zealand company involved in the investigation and development of geothermal resources. |
| Electricity From Earths Core: Provides a full range of integrated services for project development, planning, design, construction, operations, and maintenance of public and private industrial facilities and infrastructure. |
| Energy & Geoscience Institute (Egi) : new link — Oklahoma company providing water source geothermal heat pump technology for residential and commercial applications. |
| Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy Network (Eren) : Our intention has been to provide the reader with a balanced overview of the utility-scale geothermal power industry. We believe clean, reliable power can be developed from renewable resources, with geothermal power making an important contribution. Examples from the U.S. geothermal sector have been used to illustrate the costs, benefits, policies, and trends in geothermal energy today. What follows is a list or further resources available on the worldwide web to allow the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the potential of geothermal power and the issues surrounding its development. We urge the reader to seek further understanding of these issues, and the means to their resolution, in order to support the progress of geothermal energy in providing clean, reliable, and economic power. |
| Energycommission Geothermal Program In California: Hot dry rock geothermal energy program in Switzerland. About the technology and the ongoing development program, including photos, maps, and diagrams. |
| Environmental Impacts: Idaho National Laboratory Report |
| European Deep Geothermal Energy Programme : Idaho National Laboratory Report |
| Finding Hidden Geothermal Resources In The Basin And Range Using Electrical Survey Techniques – A Computational Feasibility Study December 2004 : The commercial viability of geothermal power production is influenced by capital costs for land, drilling, and physical plant; operating and maintenance costs; the amount of power generated and sold from the plant; and the market value of that power. However, because geothermal power plants incur high capital costs at the beginning of the project, they are typically at an economic disadvantage to conventional fossil fueled power plants. Fossil fuel plants have lower up-front capital costs, but incur fuel costs for the life of the plant. This section discusses capital cost, operating and maintenance cost, average cost of power production over the life of the plant (known as the levelized cost of power production), as well as the economic impacts of geothermal power such as labor creation, tax base contributions, and balance-of-trade impacts. |
| Future Developments: News article about a concept for a long, self-contained turbine shaft called a Power Tube that could tap subterranean heat without relying on geysers and steam vents. (December 14, 2001) |
| Geothermal Development Associates : A not-for-profit research organization at the University of Utah performs basic and applied research in geothermal exploration, reservoir delineation, drilling and logging, and production. |
| Geothermal Energy: Geothermal energy page features U.S. Department of Energy Web sites. |
| Geothermal Energy (Europe): Funding opportunities, contacts, related web sites and overview of geothermal energy in California. |
| Geothermal Energy (Tibet): new link — Geothermal power plants do have some environmental impacts. However, these impacts should be balanced against geothermal energy’s advantages over conventional power sources when conducting assessments of power plant project environmental impacts. The primary impacts of geothermal plant construction and energy production are gaseous emissions, land use, noise, and potential ground subsidence. |
| Geothermal Energy As An Alternative Source For Energy: European Research Program for heat and electrical power generation from a deep enhanced geothermal system in Strasbourg, France. |
| Geothermal Energy Association: Idaho National Laboratory Report |
| Geothermal Energy In Hawaii: Renewable energy technology is continuously evolving with the goal of reducing risk and lowering cost. The goal of the geothermal industry and the U.S. Department of Energy is to achieve a geothermal energy life-cycle cost of electricity of $0.03 per KWh.58 To achieve the goal of lowering cost and risk, other types of nontraditional resources and experimental systems are being explored. Among these are hot dry rock resources, improved heat exchangers, and improved condenser efficiency. |
| Geothermal Energy In Hawaii : Developers of clean geothermal energy projects worldwide. |
| Geothermal Energy Program- US Department Of Energy : List of internet links that deal with Geothermal Energy. |
| Geothermal Energy Technical Site: European informational site on geothermal energy. |
| Geothermal Energy—Clean Power From The Earth’s Heat: … in Tibet, where no readily available fossil fuels exist, the Nagqu geothermal field (Tibet Autonomous Region, PRC) provides a useful energy source for the … |
| Geothermal Explorers Ltd : Explains what Geothermal Energy is, and how it can be used as an alternative source of energy. |
| Geothermal Information Office : is a trade association composed of U.S. companies who support the expanded use of geothermal energy and are developing geothermal resources worldwide for electrical power generation and direct-heat uses. |
| Geothermal Institute – University Of Auckland : Hawaii’s Energy, Ocean, and Technology Resources (State of Hawaii-Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism-Energy, Resources, and Technology Division) |
| Geothermal Mine Water As An Energy Source For Heat Pumps: A Geothermal Fact Sheet that explains the uses of geothermal energy, gives advantages and disadvantages, and illustrates the basic process. |
| Geothermal Power Technology And Generation: Website provides information, pamphlets, and web resources regarding U.S. Dept. of Energy’s geothermal program. |
| Geothermal Resources: of the U.S. Department of Energy |
| Geothermal Technologies Program US Department Of Energy: Geothermal exploration and development project: website discusses borehole heat exchangers, hydrothermal systems, and Hot-Dry-Rock system. Available in English and German languages. |
| Geothermal: Heat Escaping The Earth Can Produce Electricity: Alliant Energy site providing basic educational information to anyone interested in learning about geothermal heating and cooling technologies. |
| Geothermex Inc : An international training and research centre in New Zealand. |
| Geothermics : Buildings and Industry. Geothermal Mine Water as an Energy Source for Heat Pumps. Download PDF Download PDF. Summary. |
| Geothernet Geothermal Information For Europe: Utility-scale geothermal power production employs three main technologies. These are known as dry steam, flash steam and binary cycle systems. The technology employed depends on the temperature and pressure of the geothermal reservoir. Unlike solar, wind, and hydro-based renewable power, geothermal power plant operation is independent of fluctuations in daily and seasonal weather. |
| History Of Geothermal: new link — Understanding geothermal energy begins with an understanding of the source of this energy—the earth’s internal heat. The Earth’s temperature increases with depth, with the temperature at the center reaching more than 4200 °C (7600 °F). A portion of this heat is a relic of the planet’s formation about 4.5 billion years ago, and a portion is generated by the continuing decay of radioactive isotopes. Heat naturally moves from hotter to cooler regions, so Earth’s heat flows from its interior toward the surface |
| Inside The Greenhouse : EERE’s Geothermal Technologies Program works in partnership with U.S. industry to establish geothermal energy as an economically competitive contributor to the U.S. energy supply. |
| Introduction To Geothermal: |
| Introduction To Geothermal Slide Show: Produced by the Consumer Energy Enter, this site provides links that explain large-scale electricity production, and the direct use of geothermal energy. |
| Mea: Energy Sources-Renewable-Geothermal Energy: Geothermal energy consulting company provides exploration, engineering, assessment and development of geothermal energy resources worldwide. |
| Parametric Sensitivity Study Of Operating And Design Variables In Wellbore Heat Exchangers May 2004: International journal devoted to the research and development of geothermal energy. |
| Policy: Directories of geothermal energy development and research around Europe, journals, and worldwide conferences and events. Some Internet links. Includes basic information on geothermal energy technology. English or German. |
| Renewable Energy Information: Geothernal: People have used geothermal resources in many ways, including healing and physical therapy, cooking, space heating, and other applications. One of the first known human uses of geothermal resources was more than 10,000 years ago with the settlement of Paleo-Indians at hot springs. |
| Renewable Energy Source: Geothermal: An EPA Global Warming Newsletter highlighting State and Local activity related to climate change. |
| Renewable Northwest Project: Geothermal energy is energy derived from the heat of the earth’s core. It is clean, abundant, and reliable. If properly developed, it can offer a renewable and sustainable energy source. There are three primary applications of geothermal energy: electricity generation, direct use of heat, and ground-source heat pumps. Direct use includes applications such as heating buildings or greenhouses and drying foods, whereas ground source heat pumps are used to heat and cool buildings using surface soils as a heat reservoir. This paper covers the use of geothermal resources for production of utility-scale electricity and provides an overview of the history, technologies, economics, environmental impacts, and policies related to geothermal power. |
| Rock Mechanics And Enhanced Geothermal Systems: A Doe-Sponsored Workshop To Explore Research Needs October 2003: |
| State Geothermal Resource Maps: Deep below the earth’s surface, natural processes generate heat (some scientists believe … |
| Temperature At Depth Maps For The Continental United States: Idaho National Laboratory Report |
| The Geothermal Energy Association: Renewable energy can reduce dependence on fossil fuels, reduce harmful pollution from energy production and consumption, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. However, most renewables have very different cost structures from conventional energy generating technologies, with high up-front costs and low operating costs. This is true for geothermal energy, which has high exploration and drilling costs in additional to capital plant expenses. |
| The Geothermal Energy Technical Site: |
| Virginia Tech Geothermal Data: People have always been fascinated with volcanoes |
| Waterfurnace : Geothermal Energy Technology |
| What Is Geothermal Energy?: Idaho National Laboratory Report |
