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Meeting:
Geothermal Opportunities in Nevada
January 11, 2002 @ Jot Travis Student Union, UNR
Summary Notes
NOTE:
The meeting agenda is posted here does not include all of the
presentations from this meeting. 1
8:45 - 9:15 am -
Opening Remarks: By John Lilley, President of the University of
Nevada, Reno. Also, speaking, Linda Brinkley, Vice President for
Research and Dean of the Graduate School, University of Nevada, Reno.
9:15-10:30 -
Topic:
Transmission - Access to the Grid
Moderators:
Jon Wellinghoff, Attorney/Energy Consultant, Beckley, Singleton; and
Carl Linvill, Economic and Energy Advisor/Director of State Office of
Energy, Office of the Governor.
Whit Russell,
Whitfield Russell Associates, Washington, D.C.
Presentation: "FERC Rules and
Standards for Interconnection with Utilities in Nevada" (Word
document)
Ellen Allman,
Caithness Energy, Inc.
Presentation: "Renewable Energy
Developer Issues Related to the Transmission Interconnection with
Utilities in Nevada" (PowerPoint file)
Gary Porter,
Director of Transmission Planning, Sierra Pacific Resources.
Presentation: "Geothermal
Opportunities in Nevada: The Transmission Interconnection Process at
Sierra Pacific" (PDF)
10:45 - Noon -
Topic: Economic and Power Purchase Issues, Tax
Incentives, Benefit Analysis
Moderator:
Dan Schochet, Vice President, Ormat International, Inc.
Ron Burch,
President, Far West Capital.
Presentation:"How Developers Can Avail Themselves of the
Opportunities for Power Sales Resulting from the Nevada Renewable
Portfolio Standard Legislation"
Joe
Greco, Director of Business Development, Caithness Energy, Inc.
Presentation: "What Policies are Yet to
be Defined and Implemented to Make the Nevada RPS the Template for
Geothermal Development Opportunity" (PowerPoint file)
Colin Duncan, Senior Consultant, Sierra Pacific Resources.
Presentation: "How Nevada's Investor-Owned Utilities are Planning to
Meet the Requirements of the RPS Legislation with Reliable, Sustainable
Resources"
Karl Gawell,
Executive Director, Geothermal Energy Association.
Presentation: "The Prospects for a Federal Production Tax Credit and
a Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard, and Their Potential Impact on
Geothermal Opportunities"
Noon - 1:00 pm: Luncheon Address,
United States Senator Representing Nevada, Harry Reid.
1:00 - 2:30 - Topic:
Databases and Technology for Geothermal Assessment and Exploration in
the Great Basin
Moderator: Jim Taranik, Director of
the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, University of Nevada,
Reno.
Lisa Shevenell, Associate Director of
the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, Nevada Bureau of Mines and
Geology.
Presentation: "Updated Database and
Assessment of Nevada Geothermal Resources." (PowerPoint file)
WARNING! LARGE FILE (12.0 MB)
Greg Arehart, Assistant Professor of
Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, UNR.
Presentation: "Geochemical
Techniques for Exploration and Assessment". (PowerPoint file)
WARNING! LARGE FILE (13.6 MB)
Bill Honjas, Principal and CEO, Optim
Software, Nevada Seismological Laboratory.
Presentation: "Using Seismic
Exploration to Reduce the Risk of Developing Geothermal Resources within
the Great Basin". (PowerPoint file)
WARNING! LARGE FILE (3.6 MB)
Colin Williams, Research Geologist, U.S.
Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.
Presentation: "USGS
Investigations of Geothermal Systems in the Great Basin and Plans for
Future Resource Assessment Studies". (PowerPoint file)
Mark Coolbaugh, Ph.D. Candidate,
Dept. of Geological Sciences, UNR.
Presentation: "Regional
Controls on the Distribution of Geothermal Systems in Nevada"
(PowerPoint file)
WARNING!
LARGE FILE (9.1 MB)
2:45 - 3:30 - Topic:
Geothermal Leasing, Public Land Policy
and Access, Siting and Permitting, and Environmental and Cultural Issues
Moderators:
Bill Alan Coyner, Administrator, Nevada Division of Minerals; and John
Snow, Oil and Gas Program Manager, Nevada Division of Minerals.
Curtis Framel and Susan
Norwood, coordinators, DOE National GeoPowering the West.
Presentation: "Update on
GeoPowering the West". (PowerPoint file)
WARNING! LARGE FILE (7.6 MB)
Del Fortner, BLM Washington
Office Fluids Group Manager.
Presentation: "BLM Geothermal Leasing
Policy"
John Snow, Oil and Gas
Program Manager, Nevada Division of Minerals. Presentation:
"Update on Nevada's Geothermal
Activity". (PowerPoint file)
3:30 - 5:00 pm -
Closing Discussion
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The Department
of Energy's Workshop: Dixie Valley Geothermal Research
Principal investigators
funded by the DOE to conduct research on the Dixie Valley Geothermal
System will meet and present preliminary and final results of the work
on June 12-13 in Reno, NV. Following the formal presentations, working
groups will be assembled for the purpose of producing a document summarizing
the results of DOE sponsored research at the site. The working groups
will be arranged by topic: Geotectonics, Exploration, Geochemistry,
and Reservoir Geology. A combined report of the groups will be
drafted that summarizes the workshop's results and addresses the central
question: Is Dixie Valley a good analog for other Basin and Range
geothermal systems?
The goal is
for the summary to be used as a guide to future investigations of hydrothermal
systems in the Great Basin.
Agenda
pdf (with links to talks)
Agenda
word (with links to talks)
Executive
summary, Group conclusions and recommendations (pdf)
The Department
of Energy's Workshop Dixie Valley Geothermal Research
General
Setting and History of Dixie Valley Geothermal Field,
Stu Johnson, Caithness
WARNING!
LARGE FILE (11.0 MB)
Basin
and Range Structure of Dixie Valley, Nevada, David Blackwell,
SMU, Publications
WARNING! LARGE
FILE (14.2 MB)
Neotectonics, John Caskey,
San Francisco University; and Steve Wesnousky, University of Nevada,
Reno WARNING! LARGE FILE (31.9 MB)
Structural
Geology of Stillwater Range in Vicinity of Dixie Valley Geothermal Field,
Gabe Plank, Techsoft America
WARNING! LARGE FILE (5.4 MB)
Structure
and Thermal Characteristics of the Dixie Valley Geothermal Field,
David Blackwell, SMU,
WARNING! LARGE FILE (10.2 MB)
Detailed
Aeromagnetic Studies, Tien Grauch, USGS
WARNING! LARGE FILE (13.4 MB)
Geologic
Studies in Dixie Valley, Richard Smith, INEEL
WARNING! LARGE FILE (49.7 MB)
Repeat
High-Precision Gravity and GPS at Dixie Valley Geothermal Field,
Dave Chapman, University of Utah; and Paul Gettings, University of Utah
WARNING! LARGE FILE (19.1 MB)
Remote
Sensing Studies, Greg Nash, University of Utah, EGI
WARNING! LARGE FILE (3.5 MB)
Deformation
at Dixie Valley from InSAR Measurements, Bill Foxall, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory
Dixie
Valley Region Geochemistry, Fraser Goff, Los Alamos
Origin,
Age, and Geochemical Evolution of Dixie Valley Geothermal Fluid,
Cathy Janik, USGS
WARNING! LARGE
FILE (5.5 MB)
Geochemistry
of Noble and Other Gases at Dixie Valley, Mack Kennedy, LBNL
(Publications)
Structure
and Mineralization in the Northern Portion of Dixie Valley,
Jeff Hulen, University of Utah, EGI
WARNING! LARGE FILE (3.1 MB)
Alteration
History and Evolution of Fluids in the Dixie Valley Geothermal System,
Sue Lutz, University of Utah, EGI
WARNING! LARGE FILE (6.5 MB)
Scale
Formation and Fluid Chemistry at Dixie Valley, Carol Bruton,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Borehole
Electrical Measurements at Dixie Valley, Paul Kasameyer, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory
WARNING! LARGE FILE (4.0 MB)
Recent
Tracer Testing at Dixie Valley, Pete Rose, University of Utah,
EGI
Thermal
Modeling, Colin Williams, USGS
WARNING! LARGE FILE (5.5 MB)
Stress
and Fracture Permeability at Dixie Valley, Steve Hickman, USGS
WARNING! LARGE FILE (19.7 MB)
Applications
of Natural Fracture and In-Situ Stress Analysis to Production in the
Geothermal and Oil and Gas Industries, Colleen Barton, Amy
Day-Lewis and Judith Sheridan, GeoMechanics International
Perspectives on How Dixie Valley
Relates to New Prospects in the Basin and Range,
Dick Benoit, Consultant
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Selected
Papers and Presentations from the Geothermal Resources Council Workshop
September 22 - 25, 2002, Reno Hilton, Reno, Nevada
Shevenell, L.
and J. Taranik, Overview of Activities of the
Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy,
(paper as pdf file), and
(PowerPoint)
WARNING! LARGE FILE (12.8 MB)
Shevenell, L.,
L. Garside, G. Arehart and B.M. Kennedy, van Soest, M., Geochemical
Sampling of Thermal and Nonthermal Waters in Nevada to Evaluate the
Potential for Resource Utilization, (paper
as pdf file) and
(PowerPoint)
WARNING! LARGE FILE (12.0 MB)
Garside, L.,
L. Shevenell, J. Snow and R. Hess, Status of Nevada Geothermal Resource
Development Spring 2002, (paper
as pdf file)
Arehart, G.,
M. Coolbaugh and S.R. Poulson, Geochemical Characterization of Geothermal
Systems in the Great Basin: Implications for Exploration, Exploitation
and Environmental, (paper as pdf
file) and
(PowerPoint)
WARNING! LARGE FILE (15.8 MB)
Calvin, W.,
M. Coolbaugh and R.G. Vaughan, Geothermal Site Characterization Using
Multi- and Hyperspectral Imagery, (paper
as pdf file) and
(PowerPoint)
WARNING! LARGE FILE (11.5 MB)
Louie, J., Assembly
of a Crustal Seismic Velocity Database for the Western Great Basin,
(paper as pdf file) and
(Poster in pdf
format) WARNING! LARGE FILE (4.9
MB)
Coolbaugh, M.,
J. Taranik, G. Raines, L. Shevenell, D. Sawatzky, T. Minor and R. Bedell, A Geothermal GIS for Nevada: Defining Regional Controls and Favorable
Exploration Terrains for Extensional Geothermal Systems (paper
as pdf file) and
(PowerPoint)
WARNING! LARGE FILE (5.4 MB)
Faulds, J.,
L. Garside, G. Johnson, J. Muehlberg and G. Oppliger, Geologic Setting
and Preliminary Analysis of the Desert Peak-Brady Geothermal Field,
Western Nevada, (paper as pdf file)
and
(PowerPoint)
WARNING! LARGE FILE (6.4 MB)
Blewitt, G.,
M. Coolbaugh, W. Holt, C. Kreemer, J. Davis and R. Bennett, Targeting
of Potential Geothermal Resources in The Great Basin from Regional Relationships
Between Geodetic Strain and Geological Structures, (paper
as pdf file) and (Poster
in PowerPoint)
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Geothermal
Resources Council Annual Meeting
Dates:
October 12 - 15, 2003, Morelia, Mexico
Papers Presented for
the GRC 2003 Annual Meeting
Evidence
for a Magmatic Source of Heat for the Steamboat Springs Geothermal System
Using Trace Elements and Gas Geochemistry (this and all
documents in Word format)
Greg B. Arehart,
Mark F. Coolbaugh, and Simon R. Poulson -
Great Basin Center for
Geothermal Energy, University of Nevada, Reno, NV. USA 89557
Targeting
of Potential Geothermal Resources in the Great Basin from Regional to
Basin-Scale Relationships Between Geodetic Strain and Geological Structures
Geoffrey Blewitt, Mark F. Coolbaugh, and Don L. Sawatzky of the
Great
Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, University of Nevada, Reno
William Holt of the State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY,
James L. Davis, and Richard A. Bennett of
Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory, Cambridge, MA
Geothermal
GIS Coverage of the Great Basin , USA: Defining Regional Controls and
Favorable Exploration Terrains
(Word document)
WARNING! LARGE FILE (15.4 MB)! and
Power Point
Presentation
WARNING!
LARGE FILE (4.5 MB)!
Mark F. Coolbaugh,
Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, University of Nevada,
Reno,
Don L. Sawatzky and Gary L. Oppliger of the
Arthur Brant Laboratory
for Exploration Geophysics, University of Nevada, Reno,
Timothy B. Minor, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio
Parkway, Reno, NV,
Gary L. Raines, United States Geological Survey, Reno Office, University
of Nevada, Reno,
Lisa A. Shevenell and Geoffrey Blewitt of the
Nevada Bureau of Mines
and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno,
John N. Louie, Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada, Reno
WARNING! LARGE FILE (15.4 MB)!
Structural
Analysis of the Desert Peak-Brady Geothermal Fields, Northwestern Nevada:
Implications for Understanding Linkages between Northeast-Trending Structures
and Geothermal Reservoirs in the Humboldt Structural Zone
(Word Document) and
Power Point Presentation
WARNING! LARGE
FILE (14.6 MB)!
James E. Faulds and
Larry J. Garside of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology,
Gary L. Oppliger, Department of Geological Sciences University of
Nevada, Reno
Possible
Extension of Brady’s Fault Identified Using Remote Mapping Techniques
Chris Kratt, Mark Coolbaugh, Wendy Calvin of the
Great Basin Center
for Geothermal Energy, University of Nevada, Reno
Geochemical
Sampling of Thermal Waters in Nevada (Word Document) and
Geochemical Sampling of Thermal
Waters in Nevada (Power Point Presentation)
Lisa Shevenell and Larry Garside, Great Basin Center for Geothermal
Energy; Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, MS 178, University of Nevada,
Reno
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