Enhanced Geothermal Systems

23 Feb NEWGEN Website Launched!

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new website dedicated entirely to the Newberry Geothermal Energy project. Check it out at www.newberrygeothermal.com and be sure to click on the video explaining geothermal energy and the FORGE initiative. We’ll continue to update this blog, our Facebook...

12 Jan Welcome to the new look of the Newberry Geothermal Energy blog!

Newberry Geothermal Energy (NEWGEN) is a collaborative effort lead by a team of researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Oregon State University and AltaRock Energy, Inc. Combining research, academic and industry experience, this dynamic group will push geothermal energy research forward at the Newberry Volcano Enhanced...

20 May Newberry Selected for first round of DOE FORGE funding

The Newberry EGS Demonstration site has been selected by the Department of Energy as a candidate site for the Frontier Observatory in Geothermal Energy. Here are a few links to articles about the announcement: Bend Bulletin: Newberry Volcano Candidate for Geothermal Laboratory KTVZ: Newberry Geothermal Research Lab Clears First...

08 Jan Stimulation Data Analysis is Underway

Another busy field season at Newberry wrapped up at the end of November. The pumps, piping and other equipment has been put in storage and the well is shut in for the winter. Over the next few months we’ll be analyzing the data collected during...

14 Oct Update from the Field: Stimulation Underway

Stimulation of the Newberry EGS Demonstration injection well, NWG 55-29, began on September 23. Since then, we’ve successfully injected approximately 3,000,000 gallons of water into the expanding EGS reservoir. The first microseismic events associated with stimulation were recorded on September 28, and to date over...

25 Feb AltaRock Presents Stimulation Results to the Stanford Geothermal Workshop

Two months after the stimulation and the well being shut in for the winter, we are pleased to have had the opportunity to present our results from the Newberry EGS Demonstration to the geothermal community at the 38th Stanford Geothermal Workshop. During the Wednesday morning session of talks on EGS, Susan Petty and Trenton Cladouhos of AltaRock presented our stimulation results to a crowd eager to hear of our progress.

12 Oct AltaRock’s Susan Petty Featured on Fox Business

We are pleased to share that the Newberry EGS Project and our very own Susan Petty, founder and president of AltaRock, were featured on national television, interviewed by Melissa Francis on Fox Business Network. Watch the video here....

05 Mar Geothermal Project Featured on OPB’s “Oregon Field Guide”

The Newberry EGS Demonstration was recently featured on Oregon Field Guide, a program on Oregon Public Broadcasting. The show has been airing since 1988 and provides information about outdoor recreation, ecological issues, natural resources and travel destinations.

27 May Drilling for our Energy Independence and EGS

A clean and renewable energy source, geothermal energy has been used to generate electricity in the U.S. for decades. The obvious question is, “Why is so little attention given to geothermal energy?” The simple answer is there just aren’t many locations where nature has made geothermal energy easily available. Geothermal energy occurs naturally when water from surface sources like rain water, lakes or aquifers finds its way down through the earth to hot rock formations deep underground. When this water comes in contact with hot rock, hot water and steam may rise to the surface in the form of geysers or hot springs. Some of the better known natural geothermal locations are Yellowstone National Park and The Geysers in Northern California. While these locations make popular tourist attractions, they are also marvelous demonstrations of clean, renewable geothermal energy.

22 Apr The Economic Potential of Enhanced Geothermal Systems

AltaRock Energy’s Newberry EGS Demonstration presents several opportunities in America’s energy infrastructure. Most prominent is that of clean, domestic, renewable energy: something that the U.S. does not have nearly enough of, while the pressures to wean from foreign fossil fuels are higher than ever.