# Presentation: 457620

## Geothermal Program Briefing@LBNL March 20, 2003 Roger Hill, GPW Technical Director Sandia National Laboratoriesrrhill@sandia.gov, 505-844-6111

## Source: EnergyAtlas

## Source: EnergyAtlas

## Source: EnergyAtlas

## What is GeoPowering the West?

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- 	An outreach effort with state and local emphasis to increase the use of geothermal energy:
- Double the number of states, from 4 to 8, with geothermal electric power production facilities; and
- Supply the electrical power or heat of 7 million homes and businesses in the U.S. by 2015.

## State Working Groups Strategic Objectives

- _State Working Groups Strategic Objectives_

- Educate the stakeholders and increase public awareness
- Organize a state Geothermal Energy Working Group and Implement a Strategic Plan
- Promote policies that encourage the use and development of geothermal energy
- Encourage the development of geothermal energy for power generation and direct use applications
- Increase technical knowledge and understanding of the state’s geothermal resources and their uses

## GeoPowering the West Approach

- National Energy Situation: Volatile electricity and fuel markets
- Priorities:  Cost stability, efficiency, sufficiency, and sustainability
- Significant opportunities for geothermal power production/heat use

- Technology Advancement and Deployment

- Institutional Improvements

- Federal Aggregation

- Resource Exploration and Confirmation

- Policy Issues

- Communications

- Education
- and Outreach

- Users, customers
- (market pull) requirements

- RFPs, Geothermal Systems

- Technology (technology push)

- Geothermal R&D Program

- GPW info, Technical Assistance

## The GPW Network

DOE Geothermal Technologies Program
DOE Seattle and Denver Regional Offices
Western Area Power Administration
Other Federal Agencies (DOI and USDA)
National Laboratories (INEEL, NREL, and SNL)
Industry (GEA, GRC, and BL&A)
Universities (OIT, UNRGreat Basin Center, WSU)
Non-Profits (NCSL, Resolve)
State Energy Program (SEP Grant Recipients)

- DOE Geothermal Technologies Program
- DOE Seattle and Denver Regional Offices
- Western Area Power Administration
- Other Federal Agencies (DOI and USDA)
- National Laboratories (INEEL, NREL, and SNL)
- Industry (GEA, GRC, and BL&A)
- Universities (OIT, UNRGreat Basin Center, WSU)
- Non-Profits (NCSL, Resolve)
- State Energy Program (SEP Grant Recipients)

## GPW assignments

- _State_ 	       		 _GPW Lead_ 			_State Coordinators_
- Alaska* 			Gerry Nix, NREL		Dennis Meiners
- 		Arizona*			Roger Hill, Sandia		Amanda Ormond/T.Acker
- 		California			Roger Hill, Sandia		Elaine Sison-Labrilla
- 		Hawaii			Gerry Nix, NREL		Priscilla Thompson
- 		Idaho*			Bob Neilson, INEEL		Gerry Galinato/Warren W.
- 		Nevada			Gerry Nix, NREL		John Snow
- 		New Mexico*		Roger Hill, Sandia 		Chris Wentz
- 		Oregon*			Curtis Framel		Gordon Bloomquist
- 		Utah			Bob Neilson, INEEL		Christine Watson
- 		Washington*		Curtis Framel		Gordon Bloomquist
- 			*States with potential to meet doubling (4 to 8) goal of Geothermal Program

- _GPW assignments_

## SWG Status

- _SWG Status_

**Alaska**
- Huttrer and Meiners to Accutan
- SWG to meet in May
- Senator Lisa Murkowski involved
- SEP award
**Arizona**
- SWG formed
- Old documents found
- ACC approved Geo for RPS
- Potential power project state

**California**
- RPS at PUC
- PDCI recipient PIER
- Initial contact with CEC
**Hawaii**
- Pending
- Fall SWG meeting
- Puna history

## SWG Status

- _SWG Status_

**Idaho**
- SWG Formed
- Conference with Senator Craig
- Idaho Strategic Plan *
- Indent. of High potential Projects
- Idaho trade mission to Nevada
- Geo Resource Map
- New power project state
- Avoided cost schedule
- State Summit 2003

## SWG Status

- _SWG Status_

**Nevada**
- Two Conferences with Senator Reid
- Geothermal 101 held
- Geo Resource Map
- Hosted ID Trade Mission
- RPS related awards
- SWG + formed (economic cluster)
- Pyramid Lake Paiute report
- Walker river Paiute report
- PDCI study*

##  Additional Geothermal Locations

-  Additional Geothermal Locations

## Geologic Assurance and

_**Undiscovered Resources **_

_**Sub-Economic Resources **_

- National R&D
- helps to expand
- the geothermal
- resource base:
- Geophysics and
-     geoscience to
-     locate and define
-     reservoirs
- Drilling research
-     to reduce costs
-  Improving
-     capabilities and
-     efficiencies of
-     power plants.

**Geologic Assurance and**
** ****Economic Feasibility**

- Decreasing information about resource

- Decreasing quality of resource

_**Reserves**_

**Possible**

**Probable**

**Proven**

_**Undiscovered Resources **_

_**Sub-Economic Resources**__** **_

**“****The McKelvey Diagram”**

## SWG Status

- _SWG Status_

**New Mexico**
- SWG formed
- Conference with Senator Bingaman
- Geo Resource Map
- Jemez Pueblo
- RPS supported
- SEP winner
- New power project state

## SWG Status

- _SWG Status_

**Oregon/Washington**
- OIT tours
- SWG formed
- Geo Resource Maps
- Draft strategic Plan
- Newberry field trip

_**Caution Shared with SWGs**_**:  ***Care shall be exercised so as not to adversely affect  another stakeholder by interfering with a sale in progress, speculating on pricing information, recommendation of product/vendors over another, making negative statements, etc..  Industry is primary  stakeholder, especially in regulatory or legislative matters. *

**Utah**
- Formation of the SWG
- Geo Resource Map
- Geo Resources CD
- Prioritization

## Other Accomplishments

- _Other Accomplishments_

- Geothermal Facility Siting Issues Workshop Report
- Assessing the Potential for RE on Public Lands
- Geothermal Opportunities Report (pending)
- Geothermal Today, GRC Bulletin, Brochure, etc.
- Newsletters
- Nevada earmarks
- Visibility events (numerous)
- Renewable Portfolio Standards support

## Slide 18

## 	Current FY03 Budget: $3.2 				million (Approximate)

- 1.  Laboratory Support/State Working 	Group/Communications
- 	-Lab Support	$1.2 million
- 2. External/Industry Partnerships
- 	-Broad-Based	$1.4 million
- 3. Federal Partnerships (Regional 		Offices, PMAs, etc)
- 	-RO/WAPA	$225K
- 4. State and Tribal Support
- 	-SEP		$300K

## 1. Laboratory Support/State Working Group/Communications
State Working Group development
State geothermal resource maps (CO, WY, MT, AZ, CA, AK, HI--eventual atlas)
Educational workshops (i.e. DU) on geothermal energy
Support of Renewable Portfolio Standard proceedings
2.  External/Industry Partnership
Outreach to public power, rural cooperatives, and investor-owned utilities for use of geothermal energy
Direct use technical assistance
Geothermal collaborative support
Regulatory, environmental, and legislative analysis
Barrier assessments

**State Working Group development**
**State geothermal resource maps (CO, WY, MT, AZ, CA, AK, HI--eventual atlas)**
**Educational workshops (i.e. DU) on geothermal energy**
**Support of Renewable Portfolio Standard proceedings**
**2.  External/Industry Partnership**
**Outreach to public power, rural cooperatives, and investor-owned utilities for use of geothermal energy**
**Direct use technical assistance**
**Geothermal collaborative support**
**Regulatory, environmental, and legislative analysis**
**Barrier assessments**

- _Plans _

## Plans, cont..

- _Plans, cont.._

**3.  Federal Partnerships (Regional Offices, Power Marketing Agencies, etc)**
**Efforts to increase use of geothermal energy development on public lands**
**State-level geothermal workshops**
**Efforts to increase federal use of geothermal energy**
**State-level geothermal workshops**
**4.  State and Tribal Support**
**Outreach to Native Americans with indigenous geothermal resources **
**Resource and opportunity assessments**

## A Vision for the Future

- Ready Access to Land
- Thoroughly Mapped and Developed Resources
- Cost Competitive Technology

**Notes:**
This is where we would like geothermal energy to be.  We still have a lot of work to do before we achieve this ideal, but I want you to know that we have a strategy for getting there, and the work is being done.