# Presentation: 486503

## DOE- Industry Geothermal Program Briefing

**DOE- Industry ****Geothermal Program Briefing**

**Geothermal Resources Council**
**Perspective**
**March 20, 2003**

## Data Gathering Procedure

**Data Gathering Procedure**

**Jay Nathwani and Joel Renner presentation to GRC Board, 1/30/2003**
**Sabodh Garg Facilitator**
**Initial input from 16 GRC Board Members**
**Subsequent Discussion and Comments Available in Text Form**

## Summary of Recommendations

**Summary of Recommendations**

**Exploration and Resource Definition**
**Drilling Technology**
**Reservoir Confirmation, Characterization and Management**
**Enhanced Geothermal Systems**
**Hardware Development**
**Low Temperature Conversion Technology**
**Basic Research Efforts**
**Information Dissemination, Education and Outreach**
**Non-Electrical Uses and Distributed Power**

## Exploration and Resource Definition

**Exploration and Resource Definition**

**Expanded GRED (****Geothermal Resource Exploration and Definition)**
**Cost-Shared Drilling**
**Slim-hole**
**Reservoir confirmation**
**New Exploration**
**Fracture Targeting**
**Geochemical Techniques**
**Geophysical Techniques**

## Drilling Technology

**Drilling Technology**

**Reactivate GDO ****(Geothermal Drilling Organization)**
**Continue Lost Circulation Control Research**
**Develop Suite of Cementing Materials and Techniques**
**Basic Research**
**Bit Technology**
**Logging while drilling**

## Reservoir Confirmation, Characterization and Management

**Reservoir Confirmation, Characterization and Management**

**Integration of Basic Geophysical, Geochemical Data into more Robust Reservoir Models**
**Incorporate Fluid Chemistry and non-conservative tracers into numerical modeling techniques**
**Support publication of case studies with demonstrated efficacy of Reservoir Modeling**

## Enhanced Geothermal Systems

**Enhanced Geothermal Systems**

**Expand Funding Level**
**Potential for near-term deployment**
**Requirement to test multiple concepts**
**Near-term focus should be on EGS coupled with producing hydrothermal**

## Hardware Development

**Hardware Development**

**Downhole Pump Temperature limitations**
**Materials Demonstration**
**Anti-scalant Coatings**
**Corrosion Protection**
**Combination Logging Tools**
**PTS-Density Tool**
**Advanced H****2****S abatement**

## Conversion Technology

**Conversion Technology**

**Aggressively Develop and Demonstrate a power cycle that is economic in the low temperature range.**
**212-300 ****o****F **
**Lower temperatures?**

## Distributed Power and Non-Electric Uses

**Distributed Power and Non-Electric Uses**

**Off-grid Village Power Generation**
**50 kW to 5 MW**
**Mineral Recovery**
**Zinc, Manganese**
**Silica**
**Lithium, Potassium, Cesium, Rubidium**
**Agribusiness and space heat, industrial process heat**

## Information Dissemination, Education and Outreach

**Information Dissemination, Education and Outreach**

**Maintain funding for Scientific Meetings and Publications**
**Geothermal is a viable renewable energy source for the future**
**Indigenous**
**Energy security**
**Low Emissions**
**Educate Public, Policy Makers**

##  US and Mexico Co-operative Work

** ****US and Mexico Co-operative Work**

**Presented to and Discussed with Mexico Secretary of Energy Martens**
**Geothermal Reservoir Identification and Management**
**Geothermal Deployment Strategy**
**Integrated Uses of Geothermal Resources**
**Secretary Martens intends to discuss with US Secretary of Energy Abraham**

## Barriers to Short Term Deployment

**Barriers to Short Term Deployment**

**Lack of Power Sales Contracts**
**Capital Front-End Loading of Geothermal Projects**
**Limited Inventory of Proven Resources**
**Attracting Capital Investment**