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Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Energy. John McCaull Geothermal Energy Association. The Earth Holds Enormous Energy. And it can be found almost everywhere. Overview: US Installed Capacity. Total Capacity: 3102 MW 2010 Capacity Addition: 15 MW, Nevada, Ormat States with Capacity (MW): California, 2566

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Geothermal Energy

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  1. Geothermal Energy John McCaull Geothermal Energy Association

  2. The Earth Holds Enormous Energy

  3. And it can be found almost everywhere

  4. Overview: US Installed Capacity • Total Capacity: • 3102 MW • 2010 Capacity Addition: • 15 MW, Nevada, Ormat • States with Capacity (MW): • California, 2566 • Nevada, 442 • Utah, 42 • Hawaii, 35 • Idaho, 16 • Alaska, 0.73 • Oregon, 0.28 • Wyoming, 0.25 • New Mexico, 0.24

  5. What is happening with geothermal electric power production in the US?The industry is building new power plants!

  6. Enel Salt Wells Power Plant

  7. NGP Blue Mountain Faulkner No 1 Power Plant

  8. Oregon Institute of Technology 280 kW Power Plant

  9. US Installed Capacity • Geothermal Capacity Additions in 2010: 15 MW, Nevada • Annual 2010 addition (15 MW) down from 2009 (176 MW) • Economic Downturn made project financing more difficult • Permitting process delaying some projects

  10. Capacity in Development 0.4 • Confirmed Geothermal Resources in Development: 3633 – 4050 MW • Confirmed + Unconfirmed Resources in Development: 4448 – 5040 MW • Planned Capacity Additions (PCA) in Development: 1377 – 1393 MW • Advanced Phase PCA (Phase 3 and 4): 756 – 722 MW

  11. States w/Capacity, 2005 NV UT CA HI

  12. States w/Capacity vs Development, 2011

  13. Projected GrowthDeloitte Market Analysis Report to DOE (9/2008)

  14. Emerging Resources/New Applications Expand Reach of Geothermal Energy • Small Heat and Power Systems – expand geothermal into distributed generation • Co-production from oil/gas wells and geopressured resources –potential in many non-Western states, particularly the Gulf of Mexico. • Enhanced Geothermal Systems/Deep Geothermal – potential nationwide and worldwide (witness recent Google announcement on finding 18,000 MW of geothermal in West Virginia!)

  15. CEC Comparison of Levelized Costs

  16. Geothermal Energy is Good for the Environment

  17. Comparison of Life-Cycle EmissionsTons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent per Gigawatt-Hour Source: "Life-Cycle Assessment of Electricity Generation Systems and Applications for Climate Change Policy Analysis," Paul J. Meier, University of Wisconsin-Madison, August 2002.

  18. For More Information Geothermal Energy Assn 209 Pennsylvania Ave SE Washington, D.C. 20006 USA www.geo-energy.org karl@geo-energy.org 202-454-5264

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