Wednesday, December 26, 2012

USA:

Success Stories from the National Geothermal Data System (Arizona Geological Survey)
Utah Geological Survey testing discovered a new type of high-temperature energy reservoir in the Utah-Arizona-Nevada Black Rock desert basin that showed a potential equivalent to California’s Geysers, the Calpine Corp. (CPN) fields that produce a third of the world’s geothermal energy."

In closing the second full year of data collection within the State Geological Survey Contributions to the National Geothermal Data System project, we present a variety of success stories from the field. Some involve simple data collection, others involve new data exploration associated with the supplemental award provided by the Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Program. We hope that you’ll enjoy these tales of geothermal and data preservation from across the nation.

As a reminder, funding for this project was awarded to the Arizona Geological Survey on behalf of the Association of American State Geologists by the Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Program as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act.

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