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Performance, Cost, and Financial Parameters of Geothermal District Heating Systems for Market Penetration Modeling under Various Scenarios

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The U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Vision (GeoVision) Study is currently looking at the potential to increase geothermal deployment in the U.S. and to understand the impact of this increased deployment. This paper reviews 31 performance, cost, and financial parameters as input for numerical simulations describing GDH system deployment in support of the GeoVision effort. The focus is on geothermal district heating (GDH) systems using hydrothermal and Enhanced Geothermal System resources in the U.S.; ground-source heat pumps and heat-to-electricity conversion technology were excluded.

Parameters investigated include:
1) capital and operation and maintenance costs for both subsurface and surface equipment;
2) performance factors such as resource recovery factors, well flow rates, and system efficiencies; and
3) financial parameters such as inflation, interest, and tax rates.

Current values as well as potential future improved values under various scenarios are presented. Sources of data considered include academic and popular literature, software tools such as GETEM and GEOPHIRES, industry interviews, and analysis conducted by other task forces for the GeoVision Study, e.g., on the drilling costs and reservoir performance.

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TY - DATA AB - The U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Vision (GeoVision) Study is currently looking at the potential to increase geothermal deployment in the U.S. and to understand the impact of this increased deployment. This paper reviews 31 performance, cost, and financial parameters as input for numerical simulations describing GDH system deployment in support of the GeoVision effort. The focus is on geothermal district heating (GDH) systems using hydrothermal and Enhanced Geothermal System resources in the U.S.; ground-source heat pumps and heat-to-electricity conversion technology were excluded. Parameters investigated include: 1) capital and operation and maintenance costs for both subsurface and surface equipment; 2) performance factors such as resource recovery factors, well flow rates, and system efficiencies; and 3) financial parameters such as inflation, interest, and tax rates. Current values as well as potential future improved values under various scenarios are presented. Sources of data considered include academic and popular literature, software tools such as GETEM and GEOPHIRES, industry interviews, and analysis conducted by other task forces for the GeoVision Study, e.g., on the drilling costs and reservoir performance. AU - Beckers, Koenraad A2 - Young, Katherine R. DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI) DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - KW - geothermal KW - energy KW - direct-use KW - district heating KW - EGS KW - GDH KW - enhanced KW - engineered KW - GeoVision KW - hydrothermal KW - economic KW - financial KW - operation and maintenance KW - OM KW - cost KW - performance KW - deployment KW - market LA - English DA - 2017/03/23 PY - 2017 PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory T1 - Performance, Cost, and Financial Parameters of Geothermal District Heating Systems for Market Penetration Modeling under Various Scenarios UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/7092 ER -
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Beckers, Koenraad, and Katherine R. Young. Performance, Cost, and Financial Parameters of Geothermal District Heating Systems for Market Penetration Modeling under Various Scenarios. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 23 March, 2017, GDR. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/920.
Beckers, K., & Young, K. (2017). Performance, Cost, and Financial Parameters of Geothermal District Heating Systems for Market Penetration Modeling under Various Scenarios. [Data set]. GDR. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/920
Beckers, Koenraad and Katherine R. Young. Performance, Cost, and Financial Parameters of Geothermal District Heating Systems for Market Penetration Modeling under Various Scenarios. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, March, 23, 2017. Distributed by GDR. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/920
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_7092, title = {Performance, Cost, and Financial Parameters of Geothermal District Heating Systems for Market Penetration Modeling under Various Scenarios}, author = {Beckers, Koenraad and Young, Katherine R.}, abstractNote = {The U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Vision (GeoVision) Study is currently looking at the potential to increase geothermal deployment in the U.S. and to understand the impact of this increased deployment. This paper reviews 31 performance, cost, and financial parameters as input for numerical simulations describing GDH system deployment in support of the GeoVision effort. The focus is on geothermal district heating (GDH) systems using hydrothermal and Enhanced Geothermal System resources in the U.S.; ground-source heat pumps and heat-to-electricity conversion technology were excluded.

Parameters investigated include:
1) capital and operation and maintenance costs for both subsurface and surface equipment;
2) performance factors such as resource recovery factors, well flow rates, and system efficiencies; and
3) financial parameters such as inflation, interest, and tax rates.

Current values as well as potential future improved values under various scenarios are presented. Sources of data considered include academic and popular literature, software tools such as GETEM and GEOPHIRES, industry interviews, and analysis conducted by other task forces for the GeoVision Study, e.g., on the drilling costs and reservoir performance.
}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/920}, year = {2017}, howpublished = {GDR, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/920}, note = {Accessed: 2025-05-07} }

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Data from Mar 23, 2017

Last updated May 20, 2024

Submitted Mar 23, 2017

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Koenraad Beckers

303.275.3158

Authors

Koenraad Beckers

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Katherine R. Young

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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DOE Project Details

Project Name Geothermal Vision Study - Direct Use

Project Lead Arlene Anderson

Project Number FY17 AOP 4.6.8.3

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