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Geothermal Meetings and Presentations
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NOTE: The meeting agenda is posted here does not include all of the presentations from this meeting. 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. Ellen Allman, Caithness Energy,
Inc. Gary Porter, Director of Transmission
Planning, Sierra Pacific Resources. 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. Joe Greco,
Director of Business Development, Caithness Energy, Inc. Colin Duncan,
Senior Consultant, Sierra Pacific Resources. Karl Gawell, Executive Director,
Geothermal Energy Association. 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. Greg Arehart, Assistant Professor
of Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, UNR. Bill Honjas, Principal and
CEO, Optim Software, Nevada Seismological Laboratory. Colin Williams, Research Geologist,
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA. Mark Coolbaugh, Ph.D. Candidate,
Dept. of Geological Sciences, UNR. 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. Del Fortner,
BLM Washington Office Fluids Group Manager. 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) 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,
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Selected
Papers and Presentations from the Geothermal Resources Council Workshop 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
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Abstract: Regional Geologic Controls, Geochemical Characteristics, and Thermal Infrared Signatures of Geothermal Systems of the Great Basin
PowerPoint
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Geothermal
Resources Council Annual Meeting 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)
Targeting
of Potential Geothermal Resources in the Great Basin from Regional to
Basin-Scale Relationships Between Geodetic Strain and Geological Structures
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)!
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)!
Possible
Extension of Brady’s Fault Identified Using Remote Mapping Techniques
Geochemical
Sampling of Thermal Waters in Nevada
(Word Document) and
Geochemical Sampling of Thermal
Waters in Nevada (Power Point Presentation)
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Renewable Energy Resources on Mining Lands: Geothermal Mapping by the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy (in PowerPoint format)
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