GEOTHERMAL ENERGYin

OREGON2010

Alex SiffordSifford Energy Services

DIRECT USE

NEAL

NEWBERRY

CRUMP

Vale

Klamath FallsLakeview

Burns

LaGrande

In Oregon today

• 2195 identified resources

• 630 Applications

• 594 x 109 Btu per year energy

Source: OIT Geo-Heat Center

DIRECT USE

DIRECT USE

♦ Hot spring water piped to– pools, buildings, greenhouses.

♦ Wells in Klamath Falls Oregon supply hospital, schools, OIT, downtown business core, brewpub, and funeral parlor.

♦ Every Western state has a similar community: Boise, Reno, Las Cruces, etc

DRILLING

“Classic” drill rig in Klamath Falls. Very much a water well rig.

Newberry Well 55-29

Completed in July at a depth of 10,060 feet.

No significant quantities of water or steam

Well Testing

West Ford Flat

BINARY POWER

Reno, Nevada

Mammoth Geothermal

NEAL HOT SPRINGS

Vale -14 mi Ontario 32 mi

• Exploration surveys in 2007• Well drilling in 2008 & 2009:

– NHS-1 is 2300 feet deep & 277º F temp; NHS-5 is 2800‘ & 286º F

• Idaho Power to purchase power & build transmission line

• $106 M project ~26 MWSource: www.usgeothermal.com

U.S. Geothermal

CRUMP GEYSER

• Warner Valley

• South central Oregon

• 50km (30mi) east of Lakeview

Nevada Geothermal• Estimates of 40 – 60 MW at Crump

• NGP completed some passive exploration

• NGP working on selecting drilling locations, permitting and project feasibility studies.

Source: www.nevadageothermal.com

Davenport Power• Davenport Power is Project Operator for

Northwest Geothermal Co.• 20-year contract with Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

in 2006• 60 to 120 MW of power• Drilling preparation & environmental work began

in 2006

Source: www.davenportpower.com

Davenport Power• Newberry Well 55-9 drilled in 2008 to 10,060

feet. • No significant quantities of water or steam • Exploration Well #2 drilled to a depth of about

4,700 feet • July 2008 submitted a “Notice of Intent” to apply

for a Site Certificate • A separate federal Environmental Impact

Statement process on hold

Klamath Falls

• OIT uses (3) 192º F wells to heat the campus

• Now has a 200 kW power plant starting up

• Proposing a 1.2 MW power plant to meet all campus power needs

• South of town a separate 10 MW proposal

2010 ARRA Geothermal Projects in Oregon

Grantee DOE Grant

Amount Location Description 1) Innovative Exploration and Drilling Projects

Nevada Geothermal Power Co

1,764,272

Crump Geyser

Nevada Geothermal Power Co. will test a new low (environmental) impact drilling technique and create a method to model the movement of fluid in the reservoir

Newberry Geothermal Holdings, LLC

5,000,000 Newberry

Newberry Geothermal Holdings, LLC will use advanced geological techniques to locate geothermal reservoirs in Oregon's Cascade range.

ORMAT Nevada, Inc.

4,377,000

Glass Buttes

ORMAT Nevada will use a combination of advanced geological techniques to identify faults in geothermal reservoirs, with initial tests in Glass Buttes.

2) Coproduced, Geopressured, and Low Temperature Projects

City of Klamath Falls

816,100

Klamath Falls

This funding will facilitate construction of a low temperature power plant combined with a district heating system to help power the city of Klamath Falls.

Johnson Controls, Inc.

1,047,714

Klamath Falls

Johnson Controls, Inc. will install a low temperature unit on the Oregon Institute of Technology Campus.

Surprise Valley Electrification Corporation

2,000,000 Paisley

Surprise Valley Electrification Corporation will build a binary power plant utilizing low temperature fluids and enable the construction of a local aquaculture facility

3) Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Demonstration Projects

AltaRock Energy, Inc.

24,999,430 Newberry

AltaRock Energy, Inc. will demonstrate EGS technology to generate power from the Newberry KGRA

5) Geothermal Data Development, Collection and Maintenance

Arizona State Geological Survey

17,799,947

for all 40 states

The Arizona State Geologic Survey in collaboration with 40 other State Geologic surveys will participate in populating the National Geothermal Data System (NGDS) with relevant state specific geothermal data.

Boise State University

1,550,000 Boise ID

Digitize, organize and upload USGS, DOE demonstration project, and CoreWall data into the NGDS.

Innovation• This type of

modular power generation unit can make power from low-temperature (165° F) geothermal resources.

ENVIRONMENT

• Public lands follow National Environmental Policy Act => Environmental Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement

• Private and public lands follow local and state permits.

ENVIRONMENT

• State well drilling permits

• State air & water quality permits

• State power plant license

• County building permits

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

• Geo-Heat Center http://geoheat.oit.edu/• ODOE http://oregon.gov/ENERGY• US DOE

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal• GRC http://www.geothermal.org• Geothermal Education Office

http://geothermal.marin.org/

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