NREL Geothermal GIS Data
This dataset is a qualitative assessment of geothermal potential for the U.S. using Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) and based on the levelized cost of electricity with CLASS 1 being most favorable and CLASS 5 being least favorable. This dataset does not include shallow EGS resources located near hydrothermal sites or the U.S. Geological Survey assessment of undiscovered hydrothermal resources. The source data for deep EGS includes temperature at depth from 3 to 10 kilometer (km) were provided by the Southern Methodist University Geothermal Laboratory (Blackwell & Richards, 2009) and the analyses for regions with temperatures ?150°C were performed by NREL (2009). CLASS 999 regions have temperatures less than 150°C at a 10-km depth and were not assessed for deep EGS potential. Temperature at depth data for deep EGS in Alaska and Hawaii are not currently available.
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AB - This dataset is a qualitative assessment of geothermal potential for the U.S. using Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) and based on the levelized cost of electricity with CLASS 1 being most favorable and CLASS 5 being least favorable. This dataset does not include shallow EGS resources located near hydrothermal sites or the U.S. Geological Survey assessment of undiscovered hydrothermal resources. The source data for deep EGS includes temperature at depth from 3 to 10 kilometer (km) were provided by the Southern Methodist University Geothermal Laboratory (Blackwell & Richards, 2009) and the analyses for regions with temperatures ≥150°C were performed by NREL (2009). CLASS 999 regions have temperatures less than 150°C at a 10-km depth and were not assessed for deep EGS potential. Temperature at depth data for deep EGS in Alaska and Hawaii are not currently available.
AU - Langle, Nicholas
A2 - Laboratory, National Renewable Energy
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - EGS
KW - Enhanced Geothermal
KW - GIS
KW - Geospatial
KW - Geothermal
KW - NREL
KW - shapefile
LA - English
DA - 2015/01/16
PY - 2015
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - NREL Geothermal GIS Data
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/312
ER -
Langle, Nicholas, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL Geothermal GIS Data. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 16 January, 2015, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/312.
Langle, N., & Laboratory, N. (2015). NREL Geothermal GIS Data. [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.openei.org/submissions/312
Langle, Nicholas and National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL Geothermal GIS Data. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, January, 16, 2015. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/312
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_312,
title = {NREL Geothermal GIS Data},
author = {Langle, Nicholas and Laboratory, National Renewable Energy},
abstractNote = {This dataset is a qualitative assessment of geothermal potential for the U.S. using Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) and based on the levelized cost of electricity with CLASS 1 being most favorable and CLASS 5 being least favorable. This dataset does not include shallow EGS resources located near hydrothermal sites or the U.S. Geological Survey assessment of undiscovered hydrothermal resources. The source data for deep EGS includes temperature at depth from 3 to 10 kilometer (km) were provided by the Southern Methodist University Geothermal Laboratory (Blackwell \& Richards, 2009) and the analyses for regions with temperatures ?150°C were performed by NREL (2009). CLASS 999 regions have temperatures less than 150°C at a 10-km depth and were not assessed for deep EGS potential. Temperature at depth data for deep EGS in Alaska and Hawaii are not currently available.},
url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/312},
year = {2015},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.openei.org/submissions/312},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-31}
}
Details
Data from Jan 16, 2015
Last updated Jan 16, 2015
Submitted Jan 16, 2015
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
Nicholas Langle
