GEOTHERMAL WEBSITES
Tonya "Toni" Boyd
Geo-Heat Center
3201 Campus Drive
Klamath Falls, OR, 97601, USA
E-mail: boydt@oit.edu
ABSTRACT
The Internet has become such an important part of
our every day life. It can be used to correspond with
people across the world, a lot faster than to send a
letter in the mail. The Internet has a wealth of
information that is available to anybody just by
searching for it. Sometimes you get more
information than you ever wanted to know and
sometimes you can't find any information.
This paper will only cover a small portion of the
websites and their links that have geothermal
information concerning reservoir engineering,
enhanced geothermal systems, hot dry rock and other
aspects of geothermal. Some of the websites below
are located in the US others international, such as,
geothermal associations, and websites where you can
access publications. Most of the websites listed
below also have links to other websites for even more
information.
STANFORD GEOTHERMAL PROGRAM
http://ekofisk.stanford.edu/geotherm.html
This website provides information on their program
and their graduate study. They also have a section
for their downloadable reports and publications.
Some of the technical reports they have available go
back to 1973. There are overview reports from 1990
on including Quarterly reports. As you all probably
know they have information on their upcoming
Geothermal Workshop. All the proceeding from the
Geothermal Workshops from 1997 to the current can
be searched for on their website. The database can be
search by any word in the title, author name,
keyword, year or session.
GEO-HEAT CENTER
http://geoheat.oit.edu
The Geo-Heat Center provides dissemination of
geothermal information and technology transfer. The
transfer of technological information to consultants,
developers, potential users, and the general public is
an important element in the development of direct
heat utilization of geothermal energy. Their main
focus is on the use of low to moderate temperature
resources and small-scale power. Their website
includes an interactive direct-use map, information
on co-located resources, and a database on
geothermal wells and springs for 16 western states.
They also have downloadable technical papers and
bulletin articles on all types of geothermal
applications and resources, plus a geothermal heat
pump newsletter.
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES COUNCIL
http://www.geothermal.org/index.html
The Geothermal Resource Council (GRC) has a
searchable library containing bibliographic
information of articles from a variety of publications
on all aspect of geothermal worldwide. This database
will inform you on where the publication is located
and if you do not have the publication how you can
order it. A new addition to their website for GRC
members is access to all the GRC Transactions
volumes 1 through 27 and GRC Special Reports
volumes 1 through 19 as downloadable PDF files. If
you are a member of the GRC you can download
papers free of charge. The non-member section of
the library database allows the same searches and a
preview of the above publications only. They also
provide information on becoming a member of the
organization and their Annual Meeting.
INTERNATIONAL GEOTHERMAL
ASSOCIATION
http://iga.igg.cnr.it/index.php
They provide information on geothermal energy use
around the world, world conferences on geothermal,
and links to related web sites. They have an
interactive map of the geothermal of the world, plus a
table of electrical generation and direct use
applications for each country. There is also a
summary of each country's applications that have
been summarized from the World Geothermal
Congress proceedings papers, which will be updated
after the WGC2005 conference. They also have a
link to where you can search for IGA Geothermal
Conference Papers database (hosted on the Stanford
Geothermal Program website). This database search
covers World Geothermal Congress proceedings
from 1995 and 2000, European Geothermal Congress
2003, Iceland Geothermal Conference 2003,
International Geothermal Workshop, Russia 2003,
Beijing International Geothermal Symposium, 2002,
Geothermal Energy in Underground Mines, Ustron,
Poland 2001, and Stanford Geothermal Workshops
1997 – 2004. There is also a database to search for
Past IGA newsletters from Issue 1 to 49.
WORLD GEOTHERMAL CONGRESS 2005
http://www.wgc2005.org
This website contains information on the World
Geothermal Congress 2005 meeting. Some of the
links includes information on their short courses,
technical program, organizing committee, calendar
and deadlines and accommodation.
ENERGY & GEOSCIENCE INSTITUTE -
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
http://egi-geothermal.org/
Under the links on their main page they have a link to
the popular "Red Brochure" and a link to GIS
Projects. The "Red Brochure" is a publication that
has some general information on geothermal and is a
great publication to inform people about geothermal.
The link for GIS Projects includes a Geothermal
Internet map server, which was created by using
ArcIMS. This map server has several layers, which
can be visible or active. As you zoom into the map
you are presented with more layers. Some of the
layers include thermal springs; geothermal study
areas/fields, faults and surface geology, county
boundaries just to name a few that can be viewed.
You can also get information about areas they have
studied – an example would be the Dixie Valley area.
After getting information about the area, a link is
provided to another page which provides some
publications on the area, raster data for the area, plus
some of the ArcView files are available. Of course at
the time I looked at the pages not every area had all
this information.
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
GEOTHERMAL LABORATORY
http://www.smu.edu/geothermal/
They have a couple of databases on their website.
The Regional Geothermal Database of US is a
database of primarily regional or background wells
that has been used to determine the heat flow for the
United States. The Western Geothermal Areas
Database is a database of over 5000 wells in mainly
high temperature geothermal areas from the Rockies
to the Pacific Ocean; all wells within a geothermal
area are located where available; the majority of the
data are from company documents, well logs and
publications. Many of the wells were not previously
accessible to the public. They have also produced a
Geothermal Map of North America and they explain
where the information came from to produce the
map. They also have some publications that are
downloadable from their website and links to other
websites and information.
THE GLOBAL HEAT FLOW DATABASE OF
THE INTERNATIONAL HEAT FLOW
COMMISSION
http://www.heatflow.und.edu/index2.html
This website provides information on heat flow for
all over the world. They have maps and databases in
either Excel or ASCII format for most of the world.
The data presented on the maps use a color-coded
format using the visible light spectrum so that warm
colors (reds) indicate high heat flow and cool colors
(violet) indicate low heat flow. The spectral range for
each data map is 0 to 200 mW/ m^2 in intervals of 10
mW/ m^2. Heat flows greater than 200 mW/ m^2 are
assigned the warmest color.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY - GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY PROGRAM
http://www.eere.energy.gov/geothermal
Describes the U.S. DOE Geothermal Energy Program
and provides information and news on geothermal
energy. They also have a link on their website under
their tab "Information Resources" which provides
links to all the National Labs publications that are
available for downloading or information on how to
request the publications on their respective websites.
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY
LABORATORY (NREL) GEOTHERMAL
TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM
http://www.nrel.gov/geothermal/
The information on this website is organized by
topics such as technology description, program
summary, research and development projects, and
publications. The publications listed are
downloadable PDF files.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY - GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY TECHNICAL SITE
http://geothermal.id.doe.gov/
This website is maintained by Idaho National
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL).
They have links to several publications including
their research program annual reports, articles and a
recent Dixie Valley Workshop. They also provide
information on the geothermal resource maps they
have produced and links to download the maps.
SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES:
GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
http://www.sandia.gov/geothermal/
https://cfwebprod.sandia.gov/cfdocs/GPI/
Sandia provides information on the different projects
they are working on and an email link to the person
in charge of the project. They also provide links to
several downloadable publications with more to be
added at a later date.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ASSOCIATION
http://www.geo-energy.org
The Geothermal Energy Association website includes
information on existing and planned power plants.
Some of that information includes contact
information and where they are located. Also
includes information on the next Geothermal Energy
Trade Show that runs in conjunction with the
Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting.
GEOTHERMAL-BIZ.COM
http://www.geothermal-biz.com/home.htm
This website provides development information for
the geothermal entrepreneur. They have information
on financing geothermal direct use and small-scale
power projects. They also provide information on
why geothermal energy should be used for state
agencies, electric power companies and
environmental groups. Their calendar of events is the
most comprehensive that I have found.
THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY -
GEOTHERMAL TRAINING PROGRAMME
http://www.os.is/page/unugtp
This website explains what the United Nations
University does and explains about their program
plus what training they provide and the selection
process for becoming a candidate.
A significant part of the practical training is done in
connection with the research projects of the Fellows.
In many cases the participants bring with them data
from geothermal projects in their home countries, but
sometimes the research projects are integrated with
geothermal exploration or utilization projects that are
in progress in Iceland at the time of training. The
project topic is always selected with respect to the
conditions of the home country of the participant.
Many of the project reports are written in such a way
that they serve as manuals for performing certain
measurements or interpretations dealt with in
respective reports.
The Training Programme publishes all the project
reports. Since 1994, the reports have been published
in the annual book "Geothermal Training in Iceland"
which has an international publishing code (ISBN
9979). Copies can be obtained upon request. The
reports are mailed regularly to former UNU Fellows
and many of the leading geothermal institutions in
the developing countries. UNU-GTP reports from the
years 1999 to 2003 are now available for
downloading from their website.
EUROPEAN GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
COUNCIL – EGEC
http://www.geothermie.de/egec_geothernet/menu/fra
meset.htm
This website has a tremendous amount of information
on their website, but it is easy to forget where you are
in their website. They have three different levels that
you can enter into (Beginners, Professional and
Scientist), but once you enter into a level you can
access information in all the levels.
The Beginners level includes information on what is
geothermal, why we should use it, geothermal short
course and basic information on the countries with
geothermal. The Professional level has information
on country overviews, project information, applied
technology, geological information, research
overview and future potential and developments.
The Scientists level includes information on research
projects, scientific papers and congress information.
GREAT BASIN CENTER FOR GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY
http://www.unr.edu/geothermal
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
http://www.energy.ca.gov
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION – DIVISION OF OIL, GAS
AND GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/DOG/index.htm
NEW ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION (NEDO) - GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
http://www.nedo.go.jp/chinetsu/indexe.htm
This website provides information on the types of
projects that NEDO are involved in.
HOT DRY ROCK
Swiss Deep Heat Mining Project
http://www.dhm.ch/dhm.html
The website includes information on the Hot Dry
Rock geothermal energy program in Switzerland.
There is also information about the technology and
the ongoing development program, including photos,
maps, and diagrams.
European HDR project, Soultz-sous-Forets,
France
http://www.soultz.net/
This website provides basic information on the HDR
Soultz project and status of the current phase of the
project.
Stadtwerke Bad Urach (German)
http://www.geothermie.de/bad_urach.htm
This website is in German, but they provide pictures
and graphics of the project, plus there are links to
other HDR projects in the world.
CADDET
They provided information on full-scale commercial
geothermal energy projects and case studies.
http://www.caddet.co.uk/html/geo.htm
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT ENERGY
ASSOCIATION
http://www.districtenergy.org/
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
ENERGY PROGRAM
http://www.energy.wsu.edu/projects/renewables/geot
hermal.cfm
PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE
Geopubs – USGS Western Region Geologic
Publications
http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/
This webpage provides links to geologic publications
by the USGS on Scientific Investigation Reports and
Maps, Fact Sheets, Geologic Investigations Series
Maps, Circulars and Open-File Reports from 1988 to
2005, which can be viewed sorted by state or topic.
USGS Open-File Report 99-425 Geothermal
Industry Temperature Profiles from the Great
Basin
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-
425/webmaps/home.html
This webpage provides a link to the database
produced from this report on the Great Basin and an
interactive map to access the well data including a
temperature log.
Geothermics
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/geothermics
This webpage link provides information on the
publication Geothermics. Information is also
included on how to submit a paper and how to
subscribe to the Journal. The table of contents and
abstracts to articles is provided free.
DOE's Scientific and Technical Information -
Information Bridge
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/
The website provides information on Department of
Energy research and development reports for such
topics as environmental sciences, energy
technologies, renewable energy and other topics.
Office of Scientific and Technical Information -
Geothermal Energy Technology
http://www.osti.gov/get/gethome.html
This website allows you to search for publications
from several different databases including Energy
Information Administration, Environmental
Protection Agency and National Technical
Information Service. I found the search mechanism,
though, on their website is a little hard to get the
publications you are trying to access.
Proceedings for Multiple Integrated Uses of
Geothermal Resources - International Geothermal
Conference - 2003
http://www.jardhitafelag.is/igc/nytt/
They have provided a website where the proceeding
of the conference can be downloaded. They can be
looked at by session or by author.
WEBSITES WITH PICTURES OR SLIDES
Geothermal Education Office
http://geothermal.marin.org/
The Geothermal Education Office has produced a
slide presentation with 122 slides. These can be
viewed on their website and they provide information
on the use of the slides.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory -
Photographic Information Exchange
http://www.nrel.gov/data/pix/searchpix.cgi?query=G
EOTHERMAL&display_type=tiled&max_display=2
0&search_home=searchpix_visual.html
This website has 620 pix images concerning
geothermal which can be viewed at 20 pictures on a
page with a description of each picture.
GEOTHERMAL ASSOCIATION WEBSITES
Most countries have some type of Geothermal
Association below are the ones that I have come
across in my research for this paper. I am sure there
are other association websites, but they might be in
their native language only and not English. Some of
the websites below are in both their native language
and English.
Australian CRC for Renewable Energy Ltd
http://acre.murdoch.edu.au/refiles/geo/text.html
Canadian Geothermal Energy Association
http://www.geothermal.ca/
German Geothermal Association Welcome to GtV
http://www.geothermie.de/
Hungarian Geothermal Association
http://www.deltasoft.hu/mgte/indexa.htm
Iceland Geothermal Association
http://www.jardhitafelag.is/english/index.shtml
Indonesian Geothermal Association
http://www.api.or.id/
Ireland Geothermal Association
http://www.feasta.org/documents/wells/contents.html
?seven/connor.html
Mexican Geothermal Association
http://www.ugm.org.mx/agm/
New Zealand Geothermal Association
http://www.nzgeothermal.org.nz/
Polish Geothermal Association
http://www.pga.org.pl/
Swiss Geothermal Society _SVG-SSG
http://www.geothermal-energy.ch/fr/svg/svg.htm
Turkish Geothermal Association
http://www.jeotermaldernegi.org.tr/
HEAT PUMP WEBSITES
Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium
http://www.geoexchange.org/
International Ground Source Heat Pump Association
http://www.igshpa.okstate.edu/
European Heat Pump Association
http://www.ehpa.org
GeoCool Lab - Department of Mechanical
Engineering - University of Alabama
http://bama.ua.edu/~geocool/
Earth Energy Society of Canada, Ground Source
Heat Pumps
http://www.earthenergy.ca/
The IEA Heat Pump Centre (HPC)
http://www.heatpumpcentre.org/