Assessment of the Geothermal Potential Within the BPA Marketing Area.

Assessment of the Geothermal Potential Within the BPA Marketing Area. [electronic resource]

The potential of geothermal energy is estimated that can be used for direct heat applications and electrical power generation within the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) marketing area. The BPA marketing area includes three principal states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and portions of Calif...

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Corporate Author: Oregon Institute of Technology (Klamath Falls, Or. ). Geo-Heat Center (Researcher)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Portland, Ore. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Bonneville Power Administration ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1980.
Subjects:
Western Region.
Geothermal Energy.
Us Doe.
Marketing.
Site Selection.
Bonneville Power Administration.
Geology.
Geothermal Resources.
National Organizations.
California.
Power.
Economic Analysis.
Pacific Northwest Region.
Washington.
Financing.
Load Management.
Economics.
Energy Sources.
Montana.
Management.
Residential Sector.
Nevada.
Us Organizations.
Utah.
Rocky Mountain Region.
Wyoming.
Financial Incentives.
Usa.
North America.
Idaho.
Energy.
Resource Potential.
Resources.
Electric Power.
Oregon.
Renewable Energy Sources.
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Summary:The potential of geothermal energy is estimated that can be used for direct heat applications and electrical power generation within the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) marketing area. The BPA marketing area includes three principal states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and portions of California, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, and Utah bordering on these three states. This area covers approximately 384,000 square miles and has an estimated population of 6,760,000. The total electrical geothermal potential within this marketing area is 4077 MW/sub e/ from hydrothermal resources and 16,000 MW/sub e/ from igneous systems, whereas the total thermal (wellhead) potential is 16.15 x 10¹⁵ Btu/y. Approximately 200 geothermal resource sites were initially identified within the BPA marketing area. This number was then reduced to about 100 sites thought to be the most promising for development by the year 2000. These 100 sites, due to load area overlap, were grouped into 53 composite sites; 21-3/4 within BPA preference customer areas and 31-1/4 within nonpreference customer areas. The geothermal resource potential was then estimated for high-temperature (> 302°F = 150°C), intermediate-temperature (194 to 302°F = 90 to 150°C), and low-temperature (< 194°F = 90°C) resources.
Geothermal Resources - Northwest, Pacific; Geothermal Resources - Southwest, New.
Item Description:Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information.
07/01/1980.
"doe/bp-15325"
Lund, John W.; Allen, Eliot D.
Physical Description:211 pages : digital, PDF file.

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