Agriculture Greenhouse and Malting

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GEOTHERMAL DIRECT USE AND HOW IT APPLIES TO
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Agriculture (Greenhouse)

• Liskey Farms
• Local producer in southern part of Klamath
  County. Third generation agricultural producers.
• Proven resource at approximately 180F
• Geothermal used to heat around 35,000 square feet
  of greenhouse and then used to heat tropical fish
  ponds and then used cooled for livestock
  consumption.
• Sell potted plants and cater only to local
  markets.
• Create approximately 20 seasonal jobs a year.

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• Parkers Greenhouse
• Local producer in Lake County.
• Proven resource at approximately 180F
• Sell potted plants and cater only to local
  markets.
• Create approximately 5 seasonal jobs a year.

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• IFA Nurseries
• Headquarter in Canby, Oregon.
• Four years ago started looking for a location on
  the east side of the Cascades to expand their
  operation.
• Picked Klamath Falls to locate because of
  geothermal resource among other things like
  altitude and climate. Utilize the cities
  district heating system as their source of
  energy.
• Grow 7 million tree seedlings a year of mostly
  Douglas Fir and Ponderosa Pine. Right now, they
  are utilizing 175,000 square feet of modern
  greenhouses.
• Employ 15 full time and 35 part time seasonal
  workers.

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Aquaculture (Prawns and Tropical Fish)

• Oregon Institute of Technology
• Geothermally heated college grew Prawns in the
  80s as an experiment.
• Recognized worldwide in the geothermal industry
  as a leader in development, because of the
  Geo-Heat Center that is housed on campus.
• Were very successful using geothermal for
  aquaculture development.
• But, the area that was once used as a Prawn Pond
  is now a parking lot.

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• Gone Fishing
• Owner is Ron Barnes and raises Cichlids, a breed
  of tropical fish from Africa.
• Ron has 72 15ft X 100ft ponds that are used to
  raise 85 varieties of Cichlids. Geothermal is
  approximately 180F.
• Ron owns an 80 acre parcel in the southern part
  of the county and is a neighbor of Liskey Farms.
• Sells 250,000 fish a year. His estimated
  operation costs are 9000 annually, greatly
  accredited to the use of geothermal. He also
  estimates by utilizing geothermal he saves 24
  million kWh of electricity annually (GHC Bulletin
  2003).
• Employs 3 full time people.

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Geothermal Production Well
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New and Future Ideas for Geothermal Development

• Brew Pub Located on Main Street. Two local
  people took an old creamery and turned it into a
  restaurant and brewery. They use geothermal in
  their brewing process as well as to heat the
  building.
• Malting the Economic Development District has
  developed a marketing strategy and plan to locate
  a malting facility in the region. This facility
  not only would make use of the region high
  quality barley, but would also use geothermal
  energy to offset some costs in the malting
  process.
• Department of Corrections will use geothermal
  energy in Lakeview to heat its facility. In
  partnership with the City of Lakeview, the excess
  geothermal can be used for future developments.

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