Downloads

Geothermal Digest’s Hot Information Zone

Free downloads of position papers, presentations, models and reports provided by researchers, industry and non-governmental organizations.

Databases
DOE Geothermal Technologies Program Projects Database

US Reports
U.S. Geothermal Power Production and Development Update, September 2009
R&D Needs in Geothermal Exploration and Development, December 2009

2009 Recovery Act Funding
DOE Geothermal Grant Winners, Categories and Project Descriptions

The Future of Geothermal Energy
The following downloads constitute a 2006 DOE-funded report from MIT titled “The Future of Geothermal Energy”. The original file is nearly 12 MB. It is broken into 4 parts for easier download and is presented with permission from lead researcher Prof. Jefferson W. Tester. (Chapter 2 holds the U.S. heat flow maps.)

The Future of Geothermal Energy: Summary (Ch 1) and Chapter 2
The Future of Geothermal Energy: Chapters 3, 4 and 5
The Future of Geothermal Energy: Chapters 6 and 7
The Future of Geothermal Energy: Chapters 8 and 9 plus the Appendices

Videos
A very interesting video featuring Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in a discussion with Don O’Shei, CEO of AltaRock Energy and Dan Reicher, Director Climate and Energy Initiatives at Google.
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