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Susan Norwood, GPW National CoordinatorDepartme
nt of Energysusan.norwood_at_ee.doe.gov202-586-3477
9Roger Hill, GPW Technical Director Sandia
National Laboratoriesrrhill_at_sandia.gov,
505-844-6111
(Initiative)
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Western US Load Growth
Source Renewable Energy Atlas
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Electricity Generation
Source Renewable Energy Atlas
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Regional Power Plant Emissions
Source Renewable Energy Atlas
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GeoPowering the West Approach
National Energy Situation Volatile electricity
and fuel markets Priorities Cost stability,
efficiency, sufficiency, and sustainability Signif
icant opportunities for geothermal power
production/heat use
Users, customers (market pull) requirements
GPW info, Technical Assistance
Technology Advancement and Deployment
Resource Exploration and Confirmation
RFPs, Geothermal Systems
Policy Issues
Institutional Improvements
Education and Outreach
Federal Aggregation
Communications
Technology (technology push)
Geothermal RD Program
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• The GPW Network
• DOE Geothermal Technologies Program
• DOE Seattle and Denver Regional Offices
• Western Area Power Administration
• Other Federal Agencies (DOI and USDA)
• National Laboratories (INEEL, NREL, and SNL)
• Industry (GEA, GRC, and BLA)
• Universities (OIT, UNRGreat Basin Center, WSU)
• Non-Profits (NCSL, Resolve)
• State Energy Program (SEP Grant Recipients)

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GPW assignments
State GPW Lead (PIs) State
Coordinators (Champions) Alaska Gerry Nix,
NREL Bernie Smith Arizona Roger Hill,
Sandia Amanda Ormond California Roger Hill,
Sandia Elaine Sison-Labrilla Hawaii Gerry
Nix, NREL Priscilla Thompson Idaho Bob
Neilson, INEEL Gerry Galinato Nevada Gerry
Nix, NREL John Snow/Dick Burdette New
Mexico Roger Hill, Sandia Chris
Wentz Oregon Curtis Framel, DOE Diana
Enright Utah Bob Neilson, INEEL Bob
Blackett Washington Curtis Framel,
DOE Gordon Bloomquist States with
potential to meet doubling (4 to 8) goal of
Geothermal Program Co-investigators
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State Working Groups Strategic Objectives

• Educate the stakeholders and increase public
  awareness
• Organize a state Geothermal Energy Working Group
  and Implement a Strategic Plan
• Promote policies that encourage the use and
  development of geothermal energy
• Encourage the development of geothermal energy
  for power generation and direct use applications
• Increase technical knowledge and understanding of
  the states geothermal resources and their uses

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Criteria for Sites Suitable for Geothermal
Development

• 1. Need a good geothermal resource
• 2. Must have access to loads or grid
• 3. The land must be developable
• But.
• Must have a buyer
• Value Benefits - Costs

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Geologic Assurance and Economic Feasibility

• National RD
• helps to expand
• the geothermal
• resource base
• Geophysics and
• geoscience to
• locate and define
• reservoirs
• Drilling research
• to reduce costs
• Improving
• capabilities and
• efficiencies of
• power plants.

Decreasing information about resource
Undiscovered Resources
Reserves
Undiscovered Resources
Possible
Decreasing quality of resource
Probable
Proven
Sub-Economic Resources
The McKelvey Diagram
Sub-Economic Resources
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SWG Status, Results, and Impacts

• Alaska
• Huttrer and Meiners to Accutan
• Garman and Mink to Alaska
• SWG to meet in 2004
• Governor Murkowski involved
• SEP award
• Trade mission to Nevada
• Arizona
• SWG formed
• Old documents found
• ACC approved Geo for RPS
• Potential power project state
• SEP Award in 2003 (Education)

• California
• RPS at PUC
• PDCI recipient PIER
• SEP Award 2003 (DU assess)
• Collaborative Spring 2004
• Hawaii
• SWG meeting 01/07/2004
• Puna history
• SEP Award 2003 (Assessment)
• Hydrogen future?

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SWG Status

• Idaho
• SWG Formed
• Conference with Senator Craig
• Idaho Strategic Plan
• Indent. of High potential Projects
• Idaho trade mission to Nevada
• Geo Resource Map
• New power project state
• Avoided cost schedule
• State Summit 2003
• Wellinghoff at Legislative committee
• Projects announced

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SWG Status

• New Mexico
• SWG formed
• Conference with Senator Bingaman
• Geo Resource Map
• Jemez Pueblo
• RPS supported
• SEP winner
• New power project state
• Media publicity (/-)

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SWG Status

• Nevada
• Three Conferences with Senator Reid
• Geothermal 101 held
• Geo Resource Map
• Hosted ID Trade Mission
• RPS related awards
• Pyramid Lake Paiute report
• Walker River Paiute report
• PDCI study
• AK trade mission
• Geothermal Day in 2004?

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Additional Geothermal Locations
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SWG Status

• Oregon
• OIT Klamath Falls
• SWG 8/2003
• Draft Strategic Plan
• BPA involvement
• 10/2003 Bend outreach (USFS)

• Washington
• November 12 SWG
• Federal and State Agencies
• WSU Coordination (Bloomquist)

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SWG Status

• Utah
• Formed SWG
• Several meetings
• CD Rom produced
• Bottoming cycle in discussions
• NGC Workshop

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Other Accomplishments

• Geothermal Facility Siting Issues Workshop Report
• Assessing the Potential for RE on Public Lands
• Geothermal Opportunities Report
• Evaluating State RPSs (NGC)
• Geothermal Today, GRC Bulletin, Brochure, etc.
• Newsletters
• Nevada earmarks
• Visibility events (numerous)
• Renewable Portfolio Standards support

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Expected Trends in Future Energy System
Evolution

• Energy safety, security, reliability, and
  sustainability have become important energy
  system design parameters
• This will change how energy systems are optimized
  and upgraded
• This will impact future decisions on energy
  policy, supply, and use
• How do we efficiently and cost-effectively
  transition to this new future infrastructure?

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Sales Process
Relate Discover Advocate Support
General Industry Advocacy/Specific Industry
Member Neutrality Care shall be exercised so as
not to adversely affect another stakeholder by
interfering with a sale in progress, speculating
on pricing information, recommendation of
product/vendors over another, making negative
statements, etc.. Industry is primary
stakeholder, especially in regulatory or
legislative matters.
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Current FY04 Budget (Approximate) 1.
Laboratory Support/State Working
Group/Communications -Lab Support 1.1
million 2. External/Industry Partnerships -Broad-
Based 1.4 million 3. Federal Partnerships
(Regional Offices, PMAs, etc) -RO/WAPA 200K 4.
State and Tribal Support -SEP 500K
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Plans

• 1. Laboratory Support/State Working
  Group/Communications
• State Working Group development and maintenance
• State geothermal resource maps (CO, WY, MT, AZ,
  CA, AK, HI, atlas) as a resource
• Targeted Educational workshops (i.e. DU) on
  geothermal energy
• Support of Renewable Portfolio Standard
  proceedings
• 2. External/Industry Partnership
• Outreach to public power, rural cooperatives, and
  investor-owned utilities for use of geothermal
  energy
• Direct use technical assistance
• Geothermal collaborative support
• Regulatory, environmental, and legislative
  analysis
• Barrier assessments

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Plans, cont..

• 3. Federal Partnerships (Regional Offices, Power
  Marketing Agencies, etc)
• Efforts to increase use of geothermal energy
  development on public lands
• State-level geothermal workshops
• Efforts to increase federal use of geothermal
  energy
• State-level geothermal workshops
• 4. State and Tribal Support
• Outreach to Native Americans with indigenous
  geothermal resources
• Resource and opportunity assessments
• GPW Peer Review -- Spring 04
• -not just a set of individual projects
• -continuing need to improve communications

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A Vision for the Future

• Ready Access to Land
• Thoroughly Mapped and Developed Resources
• Cost Competitive Technology