Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), CEC, and the Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), the forum convened a diverse group of stakeholders from government, industry, and research to lay out solutions for new geothermal development statewide while remaining consistent with critical Federal and State conservation planning efforts, particularly at the Salton Sea in Southern California.
The GRC is proud to provide the presentations from the forum:
SESSION 1: Plenary Talks
Current Federal efforts related to renewable energy development and conservation in CA - Janice Schneider, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, The U.S. Department of the Interior; Christine Harada, Chief Federal Sustainability Officer, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Jerome Perez, California State Director, Bureau of Land Management
California Energy Commission Research and Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources Responsibilities - CEC Staff; Charlene Wardlow, Geothermal Program Manager, California Department of Conservation
Salton Sea Management Program and Geothermal Energy - Bruce Wilcox, Assistant Secretary Salton Sea policy, California Natural Resources Agency
CA Legislative Perspectives on Geothermal - Jay Dickenson, Chief Consultant, California State Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications
Foundation Perspectives on Geothermal - Morgan Snyder, Program Officer, The Walton Family Foundation
SESSION 2: CA geothermal systems: lessons learned
Salton Sea KGRA - Randy Keller, Director of Development, Transmission, and Land Assets, CalEnergy
Coso - Andrew Sabin, Geothermal Subject Matter Expert, Navy Geothermal Program Office
Past and Future Partnerships with DOE and CEC at the Geysers - Jim Kluesener, Regional Vice President, Calpine
SESSION 3: Designing Projects to Address Technical Challenges
Military Mission Compatibility Perspective & Report Out of 30 AUG, 2016 Agency/Industry Forum - Steve Chung, Encroachment Program Director, NRSW Regional CPLO
Demonstrating Advanced Drilling Technology in the Chocolate Mountains, CA - Part A - Part B - David Raymond, Mechanical Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories
Cements for Geothermal Wells - Tatiana Pyatina, Materials Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Power Plants - Derek Benson, Vice President, Business Development, EnergySource
Geothermal and Hybrid Systems - Josh Nordquist, Director, Business Development, Ormat
SESSION 4: Additional Revenue Streams from Geothermal
Mineral Recovery from Geothermal Brines - Anna Wall, Energy Technologies Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Biotechnology Development for Rare Earth Extraction from Geothermal Brines - Yongqin Jiao, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Engineering Thermophilic Microorganisms for Mineral Recovery - Caroline Ajo-Franklin, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Opportunities for Water Desalination using Geothermal Heat - Craig Turchi, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
