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Community Geothermal: Borefield Design, Thermal Conductivity, and Subsurface Modeling Data Chicago, IL

This dataset encompasses the development of a geothermal energy system for the West Woodlawn neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. This project is part of a broader initiative to design and deploy geothermal heating and cooling systems at a community scale. The dataset includes therm...

Baser, T. et al Saint Louis University

Dec 04, 2023
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Oilwell Conversion (Well API 121913310501) to Geothermal Heat Storage Well for Flexible Electricity Storage

Geothermal growth is limited by a lack of geographically dispersed high-temperature thermal resources and high initial upfront investment in characterization and well construction. This project intended to address the challenges of energy supply intermittency and enhance grid resi...

Malkewicz, N. et al University of Illinois

May 05, 2021
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Understanding Constraints on Geothermal Sustainability Through Reservoir Characterization at Brady Geothermal Field, Nevada

The vast supply of geothermal energy stored throughout the Earth and the exceedingly long time required to dissipate that energy makes the world's geothermal energy supply nearly limitless. As such, this resource holds the potential to provide a large supply of the world's energy ...

Patterson, J. University of Wisconsin

Jul 11, 2018
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University of Illinois Campus Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Thermal Properties of Geologic Formations in Illinois Basin

Thermal property data for rocks and and minerals and unconsolidated (glacial) sediments units from within and outside the Illinois Basin were compiled for modeling heat transport in the subsurface.

Lin, Y. et al University of Illinois

Mar 30, 2018
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Applications of Geothermally-Produced Colloidal Silica in Reservoir Management Smart Gels

In enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) the reservoir permeability is often enhanced or created using hydraulic fracturing. In hydraulic fracturing, high fluid pressures are applied to confined zones in the subsurface usually using packers to fracture the host rock. This enhances r...

Hunt, J. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan 31, 2013
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CIRES Approach Overview to Using Thermal Infrared Imagery to Find Geothermal Systems in Colorado

Subsurface geothermal activity has a thermal expression that can be observed at the surface. Such spatial temperature gradients are within the radiometric resolution that is characteristic of a wide range of satellites that carry thermal sensors. For this effort, CIRES (part of ...

Hussein, K. Flint Geothermal, LLC

Feb 01, 2012
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Dynamic Earth Energy Storage: Terawatt-year, Grid-scale Energy Storage Using Planet Earth as a Thermal Battery (GeoTES): Phase I Project Final Report

Final report for the DOE GTO funded research on geologic thermal energy storage (GeoTES), or commonly known as reservoir thermal energy storage (RTES). The results described in this report shed light on various aspects of RTES including project siting, operational performance, m...

Atkinson, T. et al Idaho National Laboratory

Sep 02, 2022
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Utah FORGE Project 2439: Report on Minifrac Tests for Stress Characterization

This report describes minifrac tests conducted in the 16B(78)-32 well at the Utah FORGE site to characterize subsurface stresses, including the magnitude and orientation of the minimum and maximum horizontal stresses and the magnitude of the vertical stress. A minifrac test was co...

Kelley, M. et al Battelle Memorial Institute

Feb 22, 2024
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GEOPHIRES Simulations for Deep Direct Use (DDU) Projects

This folder contains the GEOPHIRES codes and input files for running the base case scenarios for the six deep direct-use (DDU) projects. The six DDU projects took place during 2017-2020 and were funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Office. They investiga...

Beckers, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 30, 2020
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Stanford Thermal Earth Model for the Conterminous United States

Provided here are various forms of the Stanford Thermal Earth Model, as well as the data and methods used for its creation. The predictions produced by this model were visualized in two-dimensional spatial maps across the modeled depths (0-7 km) for the conterminous United States....

Aljubran, M. and Horne, R. Stanford University

Mar 14, 2024
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Dynamic Earth Energy Storage: Terawatt-Year, Grid-Scale Energy Storage using Planet Earth as a Thermal Battery (GeoTES): Seedling Project Final Report

Grid-scale energy storage has been identified as a needed technology to support the continued build-out of intermittent renewable energy resources. As of April 2017, the U.S. had approximately 24.2 GW of energy storage on line, compared to 1,081 GW of installed generation capacity...

McLing, T. et al Idaho National Laboratory

May 31, 2019
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Low-Temperature Geothermal Geospatial Datasets: An Example from Alaska

This project is a component of a broader effort focused on geothermal heating and cooling (GHC) with the aim of illustrating the numerous benefits of incorporating GHC and geothermal heat exchange (GHX) into community energy planning and national decarbonization strategies. To bet...

Davalos Elizondo, E. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Feb 06, 2023
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University of Illinois Campus Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Subsurface Temperature Profile

High resolution fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing logs from the Illinois Basin Decatur Project (IBDP) in Decatur, IL were used to model the thermal profile in the Illinois Basin.

Lin, Y. et al University of Illinois

Jun 13, 2018
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Effectiveness of Shallow Temperature Surveys to Target a Geothermal Reservoir at Previously Explored Site at McGee Mountain, Nevada: Final Report for U.S. Department Of Energy Grant EE-0002830

The McGee Mountain geothermal area was selected to test early-stage shallow temperature survey techniques and drill two slim holes to test the resource. Geothermal Technical Partners, Inc. was able to complete only a small portion of the project before lack of funding prevented f...

Zehner, R. Geothermal Technical Partners, Inc.

Mar 07, 2014
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Subsurface Characterization and Machine Learning Predictions at Brady Hot Springs Results

Geothermal power plants typically show decreasing heat and power production rates over time. Mitigation strategies include optimizing the management of existing wells increasing or decreasing the fluid flow rates across the wells and drilling new wells at appropriate locations. Th...

Beckers, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 20, 2021
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Snake River (Idaho) Geothermal Drilling Project: Innovative Approaches to Geothermal Exploration

The goal of our project was to test innovative exploration technologies using existing and new data, and to ground-truth these technologies using slim-hole core technology. The slim-hole core allowed us to understand subsurface stratigraphy and alteration in detail, and to correla...

Shervais, J. et al Utah State University

Feb 21, 2014
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Final Report Earth Source Heat: A Cascaded Systems Approach to DDU of Geothermal Energy on the Cornell Campus

The purpose of this document is to describe the contents contained within Geothermal Data Repository (GDR) node of the National Geothermal Data System (NGDS) that serves as the final report for the project "Earth Source Heat: A Cascaded Systems Approach to DDU of Geothermal Energy...

Tester, J. et al Cornell University

Oct 27, 2019
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Subsurface Characterization and Machine Learning Predictions at Brady Hot Springs

Subsurface data analysis, reservoir modeling, and machine learning (ML) techniques have been applied to the Brady Hot Springs (BHS) geothermal field in Nevada, USA to further characterize the subsurface and assist with optimizing reservoir management. Hundreds of reservoir simulat...

Beckers, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Feb 18, 2021
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GBCGE Subsurface Database Explorer and APIs

This submission defines a DOI for the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy's (GBCGE) Subsurface Database Explorer web application and underlying data services, and acknowledges the INGENIOUS project as a major source of funding for data compilation and quality assurance. The ...

Mlawsky, E. and Ayling, B. NBMG; GBCGE; UNR

Mar 16, 2020
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Alternative CAES Technology Using Depleted Unconventional Gas Wells and Subsurface Thermal Energy Storage (GeoCAES)

This project assessed the technical viability of a process called GeoCAES. The process stores electrical energy by injecting natural gas into shale gas formations using a compressor, storing it, and producing it through an expander to generate electricity. This data submission inc...

Johnston, H. and Young, D. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

May 23, 2019
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Utah FORGE: Well Data for Student Competition

Well 58-32 (previously labeled MU-ESW1) was drilled near Milford Utah during Phase 2B of the FORGE Project to confirm geothermal reservoir characteristics met requirements for the final FORGE site. Well Accord-1 was drilled decades ago for geothermal exploration purposes. While ...

Podgorney, R. et al Idaho National Laboratory

Dec 07, 2018
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Appalachian Basin Temperature-Depth Maps and Structured Data in support of Feasibility Study of Direct District Heating for the Cornell Campus Utilizing Deep Geothermal Energy

This dataset contains shapefiles and rasters that summarize the results of a stochastic analysis of temperatures at depth in the Appalachian Basin states of New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. This analysis provides an update to the temperature-at-depth maps provided in the...

Smith, J. Cornell University

Oct 29, 2019
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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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Washington Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis Data From Potential Field Studies

A recent study which adapts play fairway analysis (PFA) methodology to assess geothermal potential was conducted at three locations (Mount Baker, Mount St. Helens seismic zone, and Wind River valley) along the Washington Cascade Range (Forson et al. 2017). Potential field (gravity...

Anderson, M. et al Washington Geological Survey

Dec 20, 2017
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UTM Well Coordinates for the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site (BHRS)

A series of oscillatory pumping tests were performed at the BHRS. The data collected from these wells will be used to tomographically image the shallow subsurface. This excel file only contains well coordinates for all wells at the Boise site.

Lim, D. University of Wisconsin

Dec 19, 2014
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