Publications

NREL's geothermal team develops publications, including technical reports and conference papers, about geothermal resource assessments, market and policy analysis, and geothermal research and development (R&D) activities. In addition to the selected documents available below, you can find resources on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office website or search the NREL Publications Database.

Learn more about how research at NREL is accelerating geothermal research. Below are other key publications, organized by the following topics.

• Geothermal Applications
• Market and Policy Analysis
• Program Activities
• R&D Activities

Geothermal Applications

• Doubling Geothermal Generation Capacity by 2020: A Strategic Analysis
  NREL Technical Report
  Publication Date: January 2016

• Use of Low-Temperature Geothermal Energy for Desalination in the Western United States
  NREL Technical Report
  Publication Date: November 2015

• Geothermal Exploration Policy Mechanisms: Lessons for the United States from International Applications
  NREL Technical Report
  Publication Date: May 2014

• Feasibility Study of Economics and Performance of Geothermal Power Generation at the Lakeview Uranium Mill Site in Lakeview, Oregon
  NREL Technical Report
  Publication Date: November 2013

• U.S. Renewable Energy Technical Potentials: A GIS-Based Analysis
  NREL Technical Report
  Authors: Lopez, A.; Roberts, B.; Heimiller, D.; Blair, N.; Porro, G.
  Publication Date: July 2012

• Recoverable Resource Estimate of Identified Onshore Geopressured Geothermal Energy in Texas and Louisiana
  NREL Conference Paper
  Event: AAPG 2012 Annual Convention and Exposition, April 24, 2012
  Authors: Esposito, A. and Augustine, C.

• Estimate of Geothermal Energy Resource in Major U.S. Sedimentary Basins
  NREL Conference Paper
  Event: AAPG 2012 Annual Convention and Exposition, April 24, 2012
  Authors: Porro, C. and Augustine, C.

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Market and Policy Analysis

• Geothermal Exploration Policy Mechanisms: Lessons for the United States from International Applications
  Technical Report
  Publication Date: May 2014

• Strategic Energy Analysis
  NREL Conference Paper
  Event: World Renewable Energy Forum, May 16, 2012, Denver, CO
  Authors: Newmark, R. and Bilello, D.

• Western Region Renewable Energy Markets: Implications for the Bureau of Land Management
  NREL Technical Report
  Authors: Haase, S.; Billman, L.; Gelman, R.
  Publication Date: January 2012

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Program Activities

• DOE Geothermal Data Repository — Tethering Data to Information
  Conference Paper
  Publication Date: February 2014

• Clean Domestic Power
  U.S. DOE Fact Sheet
  Publication Date: February 2012

• Geothermal Technologies Program: Research and Development
  DOE Conference Paper
  Event: California Geothermal Energy Collaboration Forum, July 17-18, 2012
  Author: Thorsteinsson, H.

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R&D Activities

• Parametric Analysis of the Factors Controlling the Costs of Sedimentary Geothermal Systems — Preliminary Results Poster
  Publication Date: October 2013

• Geothermal Power and Interconnection: The Economics of Getting to Market
  NREL Technical Report
  Author: Hurlbut, D.
  Publication Date: April 2012

• System Advisor Model, SAM 2011.12.2: General Description
  NREL Technical Report
  Authors: Gilman, P.; Dobos, A.
  Publication Date: February 2012

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For additional geothermal documents, including those published since 1970, please visit the Office of Science and Technology Information Geothermal Legacy Collection.