Projects

Magma Energy will: acquire a 3-Dimensional-3-Component (3D-3C) reflection seismic survey over the Soda Lake geothermal system in Nevada; perform innovative seismic data processing on the raw seismic…

Butte, Montana, like many other mining towns that developed because of either hard-rock minerals or coal, is underlain by now-inactive water-filled mines. In Butte's case, over 10,000 miles of…

The University of Nevada - Reno (UNR), will develop a new, integrated solution technique for simulating the Thermal, Hydrological, Mechanical, and Chemical (THMC) processes relevant to thermal energy…

The project aims to produce geothermal energy and to sequester CO2 at low cost and risk by integrating geothermal production with CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in saline, sedimentary…

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A gridded long-offset line seismic survey will be performed across the project area located in Humboldt County, North central Nevada near Valmy. This data will then be analyzed to determine geologic…

The concepts and theory behind the use of heat-sensitive tracers to study the thermal evolution of geothermal reservoirs was developed in the late 1980s under the Hot Dry Rock Project. Those studies…

As the geothermal industry moves to use geothermal resources that are more expensive to develop, there will be increased incentive to use more efficient power plants. Because of increasing demand on…

Phase 1 exploration will consist of two parts: 1) surface and near surface investigations and 2) subsurface geophysical surveys and modeling. The first part of Phase 1 includes: a hyperspectral…

This project will result in a numerical simulator (modified version of TOUGH2) that can adjust porosity and permeability fields according to experimentally observed chemical fluid-rock interactions…

As GHP systems offer substantial energy efficiency by leveraging earth's intrinsic thermal capacitance, they could play a pivotal role in achieving the DOE's Building Technologies Office's…

It has been widely recognized that the energy saving benefits of GSHP systems are best realized in the northern and central regions where heating needs are dominant or both heating and cooling loads…

Geothermal energy production from dry and low permeability reservoirs is achieved by water circulation in an engineered fracture network consisting of natural and man-made fractures and is referred to…

The project will perform an in-depth analysis of the low-temperature geothermal resources that dominate the eastern half of the United States. Full realization of the potential of what might be…

Presco Energy, LLC will use a state-of-the-art 2D vertical seismic imaging technology in a geothermal resource area plagued by high exploratory risk. …

The structural model is based on the role of subsurface igneous dikes providing a buttressing effect in a regional strain field such that permeability is greatly enhanced. The basic thermal anomaly at…

Install, operate, and/or interface MEQ seismic arrays at multiple enhanced geothermal system (EGS) sites which are in collaboration with the US DOE Geothermal EGS Program.  The overall goal is to…

Further the development of a high-temperature drilling motor that can be used in directional drilling applications for drilling in high temperature geothermal formations.

GeoGlobal Energy LLC (GGE) proposes to integrate several well-established rock mechanical technologies from mining, geotechnical and academic practice, but novel to geothermal exploration, to locate…

Development of downhole tools capable of reliable operation in supercritical environments is a significant challenge with a number of technical and operational hurdles related to both the hardware and…