Newberry EGS Demonstration
The Newberry EGS Demonstration in Bend, Oregon, is exactly the type of technology demonstration necessary to keep the United States relevant, competitive, and self-sufficient in the context of both renewable energy and energy as a whole. Through the work of companies like Davenport Newberry and AltaRock Energy, EGS has the potential to provide as much as 10 percent of the nation's energy needs within the course of a generation—and to do so using not only domestic renewable resources, but domestic technology as well.
EGS offers an environmentally sustainable, politically independent, and economically viable source of energy. A significant portion of the U.S. public is interested in developing a renewable energy infrastructure. But without also developing the technology to enable that infrastructure, the U.S. will miss out on many of the benefits it offers.
Project News
The best sources of up-to-date information on this project are:
blog.newberrygeothermal.com or
www.facebook.com/NewberryEGS.
Project History
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September 19, 2012 |
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March 15, 2012 |
| December 23, 2011 View the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Environmental Assessment (EA) on their website. |
| August 10, 2011 View the Department of Energy Written Approval of the Induced Seismicity Mitigation Plan (ISMP) |
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August 3, 2011 (Complete w/ Appendices: 60 MB) |
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February 24, 2011 |
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February 11, 2011 |
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February 9, 2011 |
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December 17, 2010 |
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November 30, 2010 |
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June 9, 2010 |
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June 9, 2010 |
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June 8, 2010 |
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June 8, 2010 |
EGS Exploration Methodology Project
AltaRock Energy Inc. is developing a calibrated EGS exploration methodology using the Dixie Valley, Nevada geothermal system as a field test site. This project is co-funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal technologies Program under contract no. DE-EE0002778.
Dixie Valley was chosen because it is a highly characterized geothermal system in the Basin and Range with considerable geoscience data (e.g., geology, geophysics) and geothermal well data which provides “hard” insight into the subsurface. Figure 1 provides a location map for Dixie Valley, Nevada; the overall Project Area (about 1000 square miles); and the Calibration Area (about 65 square miles).
Figure 1. EGS Exploration Methodology Project Area (black square is 50km by 50km, or 31 x 31 miles). The Dixie Valley Geothermal Wellfield (DVGW, the project calibration area), is outlined in red. Major known and inferred faulting is shown in green.
The project consists of 6 tasks (1) review and assess existing available data, (2) develop and populate a GIS-database, (3) develop baseline (existing data) geothermal conceptual model, evaluate geostatistical relationships, and generate a Baseline EGS Favorability (and Trust) Maps, (4) collect new geoscience data to fill in data gaps and improve model resolution, and (5) repeat Task 3 with baseline + new (enhanced) data.
A comprehensive technical status report for this project was presented at the 2012 Stanford Geothermal Workshop. This investigation will lead to the systematic and comprehensive approach to exploring and developing both EGS and also hydrothermal systems.
