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GeoDAWN: Airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys of the northwestern Great Basin, Nevada and California

This submission encompasses the airborne magnetic and radiometric survey data from the northwestern Great Basin in Nevada and California, collected under the GeoDAWN initiative: Geoscience Data Acquisition for Western Nevada. Included in the dataset are all flight details, geophys...

Glen, J. and Earney, T. United States Geological Survey

Mar 01, 2024
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University of Illinois Campus Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Subsurface Temperature Profile

High resolution fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing logs from the Illinois Basin Decatur Project (IBDP) in Decatur, IL were used to model the thermal profile in the Illinois Basin.

Lin, Y. et al University of Illinois

Jun 13, 2018
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Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis Regional Data

This project focused on defining geothermal play fairways and development of a detailed geothermal potential map of a large transect across the Great Basin region (96,000 km2), with the primary objective of facilitating discovery of commercial-grade, blind geothermal fields (i.e. ...

Faulds, J. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Oct 28, 2015
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Geothermal Case Studies on OpenEI

This submission contains links to Geothermal Areas on OpenEI that were completed as part of an effort to gather clean, unbiased information on which to build geothermal drilling prospects. The specific areas that were part of this focused effort, or *case studies*, are linked ind...

Young, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 30, 2014
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Utah FORGE: Southwestern Utah Magnetotelluric (MT) Data

This comprehensive magnetotellurics (MT) dataset, which covers southwestern Utah, integrates 600 sites from various surveys, including those from the Utah FORGE, SubTER, and Play Fairway projects, all of which are linked below. The core of this dataset is the use of a 3D finite el...

Wannamaker, P. and Marris, V. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Jan 22, 2024
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Exploration Case Studies on OpenEI

The goal of this project was to create a template (and associated form) on OpenEI to solicit crowd-sourced information sharing about various geothermal resource areas around the world. Over the past two years, twelve case studies have been researched by NREL staff testing the usa...

Young, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 27, 2013
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A Hydrogeochemical Analysis of Geothermal Resources in the State of Hawaii

The University of Hawaii at Manoa conducted a Play Fairway Analysis of the state of geothermal potential for the islands. Phase I included the aggregation of all existing geologic, geophysical and geochemical data available. A probability model incorporating heat, fluid, and perme...

Tachera, D. University of Hawaii

May 01, 2018
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Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Development of 3-D Structural Surface Model for the Tuscarora Sandstone, Morgantown, WV

This dataset contains grid files for subsurface maps created in GES interpretation software and exported as Zmap formated grid files. Depth values in SSTVD (subsea true vertical depth). The methods used for analysis and a detailed discussion of the results are presented in a paper...

McCleery, R. et al West Virginia University

Dec 19, 2019
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DEEPEN Global Standardized Categorical Exploration Datasets for Magmatic Plays

DEEPEN stands for DE-risking Exploration of geothermal Plays in magmatic ENvironments. As part of the development of the DEEPEN 3D play fairway analysis (PFA) methodology for magmatic plays (conventional hydrothermal, superhot EGS, and supercritical), weights needed to be develop...

Taverna, N. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 30, 2023
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Alternative CAES Technology Using Depleted Unconventional Gas Wells and Subsurface Thermal Energy Storage (GeoCAES)

This project assessed the technical viability of a process called GeoCAES. The process stores electrical energy by injecting natural gas into shale gas formations using a compressor, storing it, and producing it through an expander to generate electricity. This data submission inc...

Johnston, H. and Young, D. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

May 23, 2019
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Utah FORGE: 2024 Stimulations Microseismic Event Catalog from Seismic Surface Network

This archive provides a a link to a microseismic event catalog of the 2024 stimulations at Utah FORGE. The catalog was derived from data collected with the surface monitoring network consisting of 5 permanent seismic stations deployed by the University of Utah Seismograph Station...

Niemz, P. et al University of Utah Seismograph Stations

Jul 29, 2024
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Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis Favorability Models

This submission contains a link to two USGS data publications. Each data release contains all digital geographic data used and produced by the Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis for Phase 1 and Phase 2 (ArcGIS shapefiles and raster files) as well as the model processing scrip...

DeAngelo, J. et al Utah State University

Jun 01, 2020
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United States Geothermal Supply Curves 2024

This data packet contains supply curves and a composite siting exclusion TIFF for EGS and hydrothermal geothermal across the contiguous United States. The supply curves offer comprehensive metrics such as capacity (MW), generation (MWh), levelized cost of energy (LCOE), levelized ...

Trainor-Guitton, W. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Apr 15, 2025
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Brady's Geothermal Field DTS Raw Data

The submitted data correspond to the complete raw temperature datasets captured by the distributed temperature sensing (DTS) horizontal and vertical arrays during the PoroTomo Experiment. Files in each submitted resource include: .xml (level 0): Data that includes Stokes, Anti-S...

Coleman, T. University of Wisconsin

Mar 26, 2016
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Utah FORGE: Report and Associated Data from Measuring and Modeling Deformation 2018 through 2024

The report provided here describes research activities between August 16th, 2018 and July 30th, 2024. The goals of the research activities are to conduct an Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) analysis and Ground Surface Deformation Modeling at the Utah FORGE site. In...

Feigl, K. and Batzli, S. University of Wisconsin Madison

Aug 16, 2018
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PoroTomo: Horizontal Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) Measurements During an M 2.3 Explosion

Included here are Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) data collected by the horizontal DAS array at Brady's Hot Springs Geothermal Field. The system recorded this data during an M 2.3 explosion at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), which is located approximately 400km southeast of the fie...

Kratt, C. et al Center for Transformative Environmental Monitoring Programs (CTEMPs)

Dec 18, 2018
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Stanford Thermal Earth Model for the Conterminous United States

Provided here are various forms of the Stanford Thermal Earth Model, as well as the data and methods used for its creation. The predictions produced by this model were visualized in two-dimensional spatial maps across the modeled depths (0-7 km) for the conterminous United States....

Aljubran, M. and Horne, R. Stanford University

Mar 14, 2024
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Utah FORGE: Well 58-32 Stimulation Conference Paper and Data

The U.S. Department of Energy's (U.S. DOE) Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) is a field laboratory that provides a unique opportunity to develop and test new technologies for characterizing, creating and sustaining Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) in ...

Best, S. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Apr 24, 2019
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GEOTHERM Data Set

GEOTHERM is a comprehensive system of public databases and software used to store, locate, and evaluate information on the geology, geochemistry, and hydrology of geothermal systems. Three main databases address the general characteristics of geothermal wells and fields, and the c...

Bliss, J. and Rapport, A. United States Geological Survey

Apr 29, 1983
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Appalachian Basin Play Fairway Analysis Analyses and Results

*This submission updates a 2015 submission for the utilization analysis (https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/623)* The files document the analysis of utilization potential in support of Phase 1 Low Temperature Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis for the Appalachian Basin. This 2016 su...

E., T. Cornell University

Jul 30, 2016
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3-D Geologic Controls of Hydrothermal Fluid Flow at Brady Geothermal Field, Nevada using PCA

In many hydrothermal systems, fracture permeability along faults provides pathways for groundwater to transport heat from depth. Faulting generates a range of deformation styles that cross-cut heterogeneous geology, resulting in complex patterns of permeability, porosity, and hydr...

Siler, D. and Pepin, J. United States Geological Survey

Oct 01, 2021
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West Flank Coso FORGE: ArcGIS Data for Geologic Model

Archive of ArcGIS data from the West Flank FORGE site located in Coso, California. Archive contains the following eight shapefiles: Polygon of the 3D geologic model (WestFlank3DGeologicModelExtent) Polylines of the traces 3D modeled faults (WestFlank3DModeledFaultTraces) Polyline...

Sandia National Laboratories

Mar 01, 2016
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Utah FORGE: Reports on Northwestern Nevada Well Doublet Drilling and Testing by Fervo Energy

These reports review Fervo Energy's construction of a commercial enhanced geothermal system (EGS). Fervo has qualified full functionality of the system through production testing at commercially relevant operating conditions. The project site is located in a nearfield setting ad...

Dadi, S. et al Fervo Energy

Sep 05, 2023
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University of Illinois Campus Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Regional Geology

Links to papers and reports describing the structure and character of the Illinois Basin geology. Included are descriptions of the two reservoirs that are being modeled for the DDU feasibility project at University of Illinois, the St. Peter and Mt. Simon Sandstones.