By Kari Williamson
The funding will benefit 32 geothermal innovation projects in 14 states, which will focus on developing and testing new ways to locate geothermal resources and improve resource characterisation, drilling, and reservoir engineering techniques.
The projects will be funded through DoE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
"The Department of Energy is investing in pioneering new technologies that will further develop the nation's geothermal resources, create skilled jobs for American workers, and help diversify our energy portfolio," says Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
The geothermal technology projects will perform feasibility studies before advancing to prototyping and validation, which will be conducted through laboratory-based research and field testing.
The geothermal innovation projects are:
- Hattenburg Dilley & Linnell LLC, Anchorage, AK (
- Lawrence-Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (
- Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC, Livermore, CA (<$890,000): Reducing resource exploration costs by developing a processing technique for a variety of geophysical and geological parameters;
- Paulsson Inc, Woodland Hills, CA (<$3.0m): Advancing the collection of seismic data from stimulation zones to accurately characterise enhanced geothermal system reservoirs;
- Potter Drilling Inc, Redwood City, CA (
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA (<$680,000): Developing geophysical approaches to detect and evaluate fractures to better characterize geothermal reservoirs and optimise their performance;
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (
- Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (
- FastCAP Systems Corporation, Boston, MA (
- Applied Technology Associates, Albuquerque, NM (
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (
- University of Nevada, Reno, NV (
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (
- Clean Tech Innovations LLC, Bartlesville, OK (
- Impact Technologies, Tulsa, OK (
- National Energy Technology Laboratory, Albany, OR (
- Atlas Copco Secoroc LLC, Ft. Loudon, PA (
- National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA (
- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (
- Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Inc, Houston, TX (
- Bell Geospace Inc, Houston, TX (
- Geothermal Expandables LLC, Houston, TX (
- University of Texas, Austin, TX (
- University of Texas, Austin, TX (
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (
