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Geothermal Development and the Use of Categorical Exclusions Under NEPA
This study focuses primarily on the Categorial Exclusions (CX) process and its applicability to geothermal exploration. In this paper, we:
Provide generalized background information on CXs, including previous NEPA reports addressing CXs, the process for developing CXs, and the ro...
Young, K. and Levine, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 30, 2014
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Coordinating Permit Offices and the Development of Utility-Scale Geothermal Energy
This study examines various forms of coordinating permit offices at the state and federal level in the western United States, discusses inefficiencies and mitigation techniques for permitting natural resource projects, analyzes whether various approaches are easily adaptable to ut...
Young, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 30, 2013
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Funding Mechanisms for Federal Geothermal Permitting
This submission includes a presentation and paper for the Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) that discuss:
Federal agency revenues received for geothermal projects, including: (1) lease revenues, (2) fixed fees, and (3) cost recovery fees for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) a...
Young, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 30, 2013
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Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission: February 2011 Drilling & Permit Records
This dataset contains oil and gas drilling and permit records for February 2011. State oil and gas boards and commissions make oil and gas data and information open to the public. To view the full range of data contained at the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, visit htt...
Hill, G. and Commission, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Feb 27, 2011
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Dataset for report: Non-Technical Barriers to Geothermal Development in California and Nevada
In California and Nevada, geothermal projects are subject to non-technical barriers, which may create development delays leading to higher project costs and risks and decreased competitiveness with other electricity generation technologies. These non-technical barriers may include...
Levine, A. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Mar 10, 2022
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Geothermal Exploration Cost and Time
This paper describes the methodology used to define the baseline exploration suite of techniques (baseline), as well as the approach that was used to create the cost and time data set that populates the baseline. The resulting product, an online tool for measuring impact, and the ...
Jenne, S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Feb 13, 2013
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Regulatory and Permitting Information Desktop (RAPID) Toolkit
The Regulatory and Permitting Information Desktop (RAPID) Toolkit combines the former Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Database, and other resources into a Web-based tool that gives the regulatory and utility-scale geothermal developer commun...
Young, K. and Levine, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 30, 2014
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Geothermal Exploration Cost and Time Metric
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) was tasked with developing a metric in 2012 to measure the impacts of RD&D funding on the cost and time required for geothermal exploration activities. The development of this cost and time metric included collecting cost and time da...
Jenne, S. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jan 01, 2013
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Geothermal Permitting and NEPA Timeline Analysis
In this analysis, we outline the types of NEPA-related analyses and approvals (e.g., environmental assessment), and we provide examples of geothermal development activities (e.g., well drilling) that might require each type of approval, including an overview and discussion of the ...
Young, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 30, 2014
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Exploration Best Practices on OpenEI
This is an electronic database detailing different types of, various phases of, best practices for, and cost and time associated with geothermal exploration techniques. The groups of exploration techniques included in the database are Data and Modeling Techniques, Downhole Techniq...
Young, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 20, 2013
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DEEPEN Data Catalog for Magmatic Geothermal Systems in the United States
This data catalog contains information related to the Training Site Analysis for the Geothermica project "DE-risking Exploration of geothermal Plays in magmatic ENvironments (DEEPEN)." The DEEPEN project aims to reduce exploration risk for geothermal fluids in magmatic systems by ...
Kolker, A. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 30, 2021
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Exploration Gap Assessment (FY13 Update)
This submission contains an update to the previous Exploration Gap Assessment funded in 2012, which identify high potential hydrothermal areas where critical data are needed (gap analysis on exploration data).
The uploaded data are contained in two data files for each data catego...
Esposito, A. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 30, 2013
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Exploration Case Studies on OpenEI
The goal of this project was to create a template (and associated form) on OpenEI to solicit crowd-sourced information sharing about various geothermal resource areas around the world. Over the past two years, twelve case studies have been researched by NREL staff testing the usa...
Young, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 27, 2013
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DEEPEN Global Standardized Categorical Exploration Datasets for Magmatic Plays
DEEPEN stands for DE-risking Exploration of geothermal Plays in magmatic ENvironments.
As part of the development of the DEEPEN 3D play fairway analysis (PFA) methodology for magmatic plays (conventional hydrothermal, superhot EGS, and supercritical), weights needed to be develop...
Taverna, N. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jun 30, 2023
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Geothermal Case Studies on OpenEI
This submission contains links to Geothermal Areas on OpenEI that were completed as part of an effort to gather clean, unbiased information on which to build geothermal drilling prospects. The specific areas that were part of this focused effort, or *case studies*, are linked ind...
Young, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 30, 2014
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DEEPEN 3D PFA Weights for Exploration Datasets in Magmatic Environments
DEEPEN stands for DE-risking Exploration of geothermal Plays in magmatic ENvironments.
As part of the development of the DEEPEN 3D play fairway analysis (PFA) methodology for magmatic plays (conventional hydrothermal, superhot EGS, and supercritical), weights needed to be develop...
Taverna, N. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jun 30, 2023
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DEEPEN 3D PFA Index Models for Exploration Datasets at Newberry Volcano
DEEPEN stands for DE-risking Exploration of geothermal Plays in magmatic ENvironments.
As part of the development of the DEEPEN 3D play fairway analysis (PFA) methodology for magmatic plays (conventional hydrothermal, superhot EGS, and supercritical), index models needed to be de...
Taverna, N. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jun 30, 2023
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GeoVision Barriers Taskforce
This submission includes papers, presentations, and data developed during the multi-year GeoVision Barriers Taskforce effort.
Developers have identified many non-technical barriers to geothermal power development, including land access, permitting, and market barriers. Included i...
Young, K. and Levine, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 30, 2015
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Identifying Pathways for Enhanced Collaboration between the Mining and Geothermal Industries Techno-Economic Analysis and Data Summaries
These spreadsheets include a Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) summary and descriptions and links to mining data analyzed as part of this study. The TEA summary includes the results from several mining data-informed geothermal development models analyzed using the DOE's Geothermal El...
Rhodes, G. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Mar 31, 2020
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National Geothermal Data System
The National Geothermal Data System (NGDS) is a catalog of documents and datasets that provide information about geothermal resources located primarily within the United States (although information from other parts of the world is also included. The catalog, which is funded by t...
Office, D. and (DOE), U. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
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GeoRePORT Input Spreadsheet
The Geothermal Resource Portfolio Optimization and Reporting Tool (GeoRePORT) was developed as a way to distill large amounts of geothermal project data into an objective, reportable data set that can be used to communicate with experts and non-experts. GeoRePORT summarizes (1) r...
St. Onge, M. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Apr 27, 2017
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DEEPEN Leapfrog Geodata Model Cleaned and Reformatted Exploration Datasets from Newberry Volcano
DEEPEN stands for DE-risking Exploration of geothermal Plays in magmatic ENvironments.
As part of the DEEPEN 3D play fairway analysis (PFA) conducted at Newberry Volcano for multiple play types (conventional hydrothermal, superhot EGS, and supercritical), existing geoscientific e...
Pauling, H. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jun 30, 2023
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GeoRePORT Protocol and Spreadsheet Template
The Geothermal Resource Portfolio Optimization and Reporting Technique (GeoRePORT) was developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Office to assist in identifying and pursuing long-term investment strategies through the development of a resour...
Kolker, A. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 30, 2019
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GeoRePORT Case Studies Coso, WSMR, Dixie Valley, and Chena Hot Springs
The Geothermal Resource Portfolio Optimization and Reporting Technique (GeoRePORT) was developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Office to assist in identifying and pursuing long-term investment strategies through the development of a resour...
Kolker, A. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 30, 2019
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USGS National Oil and Gas Assessment: GIS Data
The USGS Central Region Energy Team assessed the oil and gas resources of the United States. Cell maps for each oil and gas production area were created by the USGS as a method for illustrating the degree of exploration, type of production, and distribution of production in a play...
Hallett, K. and USGS, . National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Mar 25, 1996
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