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Salton Sea Geothermal Development Nontechnical Barriers to Entry Analysis and Perspectives

Jun 28, 2022
5.95 MB
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The report included in this submission details the nontechnical barriers to entry for development of geothermal resources in the Salton Sea. The Salton Sea provides an economically viable opportunity for replacing the energy imported by California which makes up 25 percent of Cali...
Authors
Goodman, D. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
geothermalenergysalton seatechnoeconomic analysismageteanontechnicalbarrierslithiumresource developmentresourcecaliforniatechnoeconomictechno economictechno-economicanalysismodeldevelopmentfeasibilityreportresource potentiallithium extraction

Salton Sea Geodatabase for Geothermal Exploration Artificial Intelligence

Apr 27, 2021
148.82 GB
Publicly accessible
These files contain the geodatabases related to Salton Sea Geothermal Field. It includes all input and output files used with the Geothermal Exploration Artificial Intelligence. Input and output files are sorted into three categories: raw data, pre-processed data, and analysis (po...
Authors
Moraga, J. et al Colorado School of Mines
geothermalenergygeodatabasesalton seaartificial intelligenceaideep learningmachine learningseismicremote sensinghyperspectralhyperspectral imaginggeospacial databaseexplorationsite detectiongeothermal site detectionanomaly detectionshort wavelength infraredswirsupport vector machinesvmland surface temperaturelstwellraw dataprocessed datacaliforniaarcgisgismodeldatabasehydrothermalgeophysicsradarblindblind systemdeformationgeophysicalconceptual model faultpreprocessedrastervectorfield datageospatial data

SSGF Mineral Major Elements and Lithium Concentration

May 01, 2023
1.38 MB
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Presented are major element and lithium concentrations of minerals from the Salton Sea Geothermal Field (SSGF), located in the Imperial Valley, California. With a recent increase in demand for lithium, the area is now being studied as a source of geothermal brine for lithium extr...
Authors
Humphreys, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermallithiummineralrockssalton sea geothermal fieldbrinelithium isotopteschloritegeologygeochemistryhydrothermalisotope quantificationextractionsalton sealithium valleygeothermal brineimperial countyraw data

SSGF Trace Element Concentrations

Jan 08, 2026
706.57 kB
Awaiting release
Presented are trace element concentrations of minerals from the Salton Sea Geothermal Field (SSGF), located in the Imperial Valley, California. With a recent increase in demand for lithium, the area is actively being studied as a source of geothermal brine for lithium extraction. ...
Authors
Kovalick, A. et al University of California Riverside
geothermaltrace elementssalton sea geothermal fieldrocksmineralhydrothermallithium valleygeothermal brineraw dataimperial countyssgfimperial valleyrare earth elementsreecritical mineralsmnznconibrine-rock reactionrock samplesbrine samplesrhyolitic domesdurmid hillsschmitt and hulenca 2-14wellschemistryfluid chemistrygeochemistrysalton sealithium extraction

NTB (Non-technical Barriers) Interviews with Geothermal Stakeholders for Geothermal Development in the Salton Sea.

Oct 01, 2021
219.56 kB
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Non-technical barriers to deploying geothermal electricity projects in the United States can create significant delays and other challenges, leading to higher project risk and costs, lost opportunities to access policy incentives, and ultimately decreased competitiveness against o...
Authors
Levine, A. and Smith, L. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
geothermalenergycalifornianevadasalton searegulatorybarriersnon-technicalinterviewsenvironmentalstakeholdersntbnon-technical barriersnon technical barriers

Salton Sea Fluid Inclusion Gas Analysis

Jan 01, 2013
4.06 MB
Publicly accessible
Fluid inclusion gas analysis for wells in Salton Sea geothermal area, California. Analyses used in developing fluid inclusion stratigraphy for wells and defining fluids across the geothermal fields. Each sample has mass spectrum counts for 180 chemical species.
Authors
Dilley, L. Hattenburg Dilley and Linnell
geothermalfluid inclusiongas analysisfluid inclusion stratigraphymass spectrometrysalton seasedimentaryimperial valleycalifornia

Appendices for Geothermal Exploration Artificial Intelligence Report

Jan 08, 2021
2.76 GB
Publicly accessible
The Geothermal Exploration Artificial Intelligence looks to use machine learning to spot geothermal identifiers from land maps. This is done to remotely detect geothermal sites for the purpose of energy uses. Such uses include enhanced geothermal system (EGS) applications, especia...
Authors
Duzgun, H. et al Colorado School of Mines
geothermalenergyartificial intelligencehydrothermally altered mineralsmineral markerssvmgeodatabasewellfaultseismicaiborderbradydesert peaksalton sealand surface temperaturedeformationgeophysicalgeophysicssupport vector machinehyperspectralhyperspectral imagingcalifornianevadaegsblindblind systemdeep learningmachine learningexplorationgeospatial datashort wavelength infraredswirdatabaseanomaly detectionsite detectionradarhydrothermalmodelconceptual modelzoteroraw datapreproccessedprocessed dataenhanced geothermal systemengineered geothermal systemremote sensingarcgisgisinsarmorphologymorphologicalmorphological featurestirvnirvisible near infraredthermal infraredcodepython

Simbol Materials Lithium Extraction Operating Data From Elmore and Featherstone Geothermal Plants

Jul 01, 2015
253.5 kB
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The data provided in this upload is summary data from its Demonstration Plant operation at the geothermal power production plants in the Imperial Valley. The data provided is averaged data for the Elmore Plant and the Featherstone Plant. See average brine composition tab for submi...
Authors
Harrison, S. Simbol, Inc
geothermalsalton seaelmorefeatherstonelithiummineral extractionicp-oesbrine treatmentfetherstonesimbol materialsextractionimperial valleybrinebrine compositiondemonstrationchemistrywater chemistrygeochemistry

Microearthquake Studies at the Salton Sea Geothermal Field

Oct 01, 2013
409.48 kB
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The objective of this project is to detect and locate microearthquakes to aid in the characterization of reservoir fracture networks. Accurate identification and mapping of the large numbers of microearthquakes induced in EGS is one technique that provides diagnostic information w...
Authors
Templeton, D. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalseismicityearthquakesmicroearthquakesinduced seismicityfractureseismologysalton sea

Synthetic Lithium Prize Brine for Finalists of the Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize Competition

Sep 29, 2023
30.75 kB
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The Department of Energy (DOE), Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) launched a multi-phase funding program to advance technologies for extraction of lithium from geothermal brines. This initiative, known as American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize (GLEP), had objectives ...
Authors
Neupane, G. and Smith, R. Idaho National Laboratory
lithium extractioncritical mineralsgeothermal brinedirect lithium extractionbrine miningbrine synthesiscompetitionsynthetic lithium prize brineslpbglepidaho national laboratorydlegeochemistrygeothermal fluidsalton seassgfamerican-made geothermal lithium extraction prize

Economic Impact of Permitting Timelines on Produced Geothermal Power

Feb 15, 2022
469.81 MB
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Despite having a large geothermal power potential in the United States, only a small fraction has been developed for power generation. Various barriers, including technical, financial, and regulatory permit delays, are attributed to lower contribution of geothermal energy in the n...
Authors
Neupane, G. and Adhikari, B. Idaho National Laboratory
geothermalenergypermittingnepaceqasalton sea geothermalsalt wells geothermaltruckhaven geothermalcove fort geothermalpermitting timelinestimelinespermitnon-technicalbarriersreport

Retrospective Analysis of Geothermal Mineral Recovery and Domestic Resource Assessment References

Oct 20, 2021
1.69 MB
Publicly accessible
This reference database in RIS format contains all of the references that were collected as part of our retrospective analysis of geothermal mineral recovery (REE and Li) activities and domestic resource assessment. The outputs detail the chemistry and molecular processes used in ...
Authors
Dobson, P. and Stringfellow, W. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergylithiumreemineral recoveryrecoverygeothermal brinesbrinesgeochemistytechnologydomestic resourceresourcemineral

Supercritical Drilling Materials Analysis: Report on Resources, Challenges, and Needed Technologies

May 01, 2026
19.98 MB
Awaiting release
This report describes a comprehensive review of 49 existing supercritical geothermal wells to inform future geothermal drilling attempts and avoid previous failure points and understand material and testing limitations, while collating information gathered in a publicly accessible...
Authors
Kibikas, W. et al Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalenergysupercriticaldrilling materialswell completionwellborematerial validationmaterial testinglaboratory experimentswell casingcasing connectionscementdrill bitfluid chemistrylost circulation materialslinerdrill stringsmaterial performancefailure pointsliterature reviewsupercritical wellsgeothermal wellsgeochemistrycirculationdrilling fluidstechnical reportnesjavellirhengillreykjaneskraflalarderellocampi flegreinisyroskakkondapunathe geyserssalton sealos humerosmenengai

Imperial Valley Dark Fiber Project Continuous DAS Data

Nov 10, 2020
1.09 TB
Publicly accessible
The Imperial Valley Dark Fiber Project acquired Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) seismic data on a ~28 km segment of dark fiber between the cities of Calipatria and Imperial in the Imperial Valley, Southern California. Dark fiber refers to unused optical fiber cables in telecomm...
Authors
Ajo-Franklin, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergydistributed acoustic sensingdasimperial valleybrawleyhidden geothermal resourcesearthquakesseismicitytectonicssouthern californiaseismic datastrain rateseismic noisedark fiberdark fiber dassalton searaw datageothermal explorationtelecommunications fiberpythonhdf5jupyter notebookgeophysicsfiber optich5py

Cape EGS: Frisco 2-P Well Stimulation Microseismic Data

Sep 19, 2024
365.88 GB
Awaiting release
This dataset contains microseismic data acquired during the Frisco 2-P well stimulation project led by Fervo Energy, conducted between June 1 and June 11, 2024, near the Utah FORGE geothermal site. The microseismic data was collected from various Utah FORGE wells: via Distributed ...
Authors
Dadi, S. and Titov, A. Fervo Energy
geothermalenergymicroseismicdasgeophonefrisco 2-pcapeegs16b16adistributed acoustic sensing3cfervofriscoevent detectionstimulationgeophysicssta/ltaraw datafiber optic sensingdistributedutah forgetriggered eventdevelopmentmonitoringsegymilford

Imperial Valley Dark Fiber Project (IVDF): Brawley EQ Cluster Catalog and DAS Event Dataset

Apr 08, 2026
4.13 GB
Publicly accessible
The Imperial Valley Dark Fiber (IVDF) project deployed a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) interrogator on a pre-existing dark fiber cable running ~28 km between Calipatria and Imperial, California, passing through the Brawley Geothermal Field and surrounding Brawley Seismic Zone...
Authors
Ajo-Franklin, J. et al Rice University
geothermalenergydasdistributed acoustic sensingfiber optic sensingbrawley seismic zonesalton seaimperial valleybrawley fieldearthquakeseismicityevent cataloghdf5southern california seismic networkscsnwaveform recordingsswarmraw dataprocessed datageophysics

Cape EGS: Frisco Pad Wells Flow Test Microseismic Data

Nov 06, 2024
136.79 GB
Awaiting release
This dataset contains microseismic data acquired during the Frisco pad flow test project led by Fervo Energy, conducted between July 17th Aug 12th 2024, near the Utah FORGE geothermal site. The microseismic data was collected from various Utah FORGE wells: via Distributed Acoustic...
Authors
Dadi, S. and Kanu, O. Fervo Energy
geothermalenergycape egsutah forgemicroseismicfriscodasdistributed acoustic sensing3cthree componentgeophone16bsta/ltasegyflow testegsmilfordutahmicroseismic eventevent detectiontestingdevelopmentreservoir engineering

New River Geothermal Exploration (Ram Power Inc.)

Nov 15, 2013
675.7 MB
Publicly accessible
The New River Geothermal Exploration (DOE Award No. EE0002843) is located approximately 25km south of the Salton Sea, near town of Brawley in Imperial County and approximately 150km east of San Diego, California. A total of 182 MT Logger sites were completed covering the two sepa...
Authors
Mirza, R. and Data, E. Ram Power, Inc.
geothermalmagnetotelluric surveymt surveyresistivitymesquitenew rivernorth americaimperial countyelectronic data exchangeedispacial modelspacial modelingsdmseismic reflection surveyfaultsbrawleycaliforniareportsite namesdaily survey notesparallel sensor testspatial modelingsurvey files1ddepth profilesresistivity models2d3ddepth plan mapsmapsgeosoftgeophysical modeling toolsgeotoolsgocadsoftwareappendixvibration monitoringsurvey notesgeospatial data

Fluid Rare Earth Element Analyses from Geothermal Wells Located on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland and Middle Valley Seafloor Hydrothermal System on the Juan de Fuca Ridge.

May 01, 2015
692 kB
Publicly accessible
Results for fluid rare earth element analyses from four Reykjanes peninsula high-temperature geothermal fields. Data for fluids from hydrothermal vents located 2400 m below sea level from Middle Valley on the Juan de Fuca Ridge are also included. Data have been corrected for flash...
Authors
Fowler, A. University of California
geothermalreykjanessvartsengihellisheidinesjavellirmiddle valleyreehydrothermal fluidgeothermal fluidrare earth elementmineral recoveryaqueous chemistryaasg geothermal datausgin content modelngds content model

Newberry FORGE: 3D Gravity Density Model for Newberry Volcano

Mar 11, 2016
46.3 kB
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These data are Pacific Northwest National Lab inversions of an amalgamation of two surface gravity datasets: Davenport-Newberry gravity collected prior to 2012 stimulations and Zonge International gravity collected for the project "Novel use of 4D Monitoring Techniques to Improve...
Authors
Bonneville, A. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
geothermalegsenhanced geothermal systemforgenewgengravitygravity inversiondensitynewberryoregonupper vertexgravity anomalygravity surveygeophysicsgeophysicalsusceptibilitymodelinverseinversion

Fallon FORGE: 3D Geologic Model

Mar 01, 2018
949.28 kB
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The 3D geologic model for the Fallon for site was constructed in EarthVision software using methods similar to (Moeck et al., 2009, 2010; Faulds et al., 2010b; Jolie et al., 2012, 2015; Hinz et al., 2013a; Siler and Faulds, 2013; Siler et al., 2016a, b) References are included in ...
Authors
Blankenship, D. and Siler, D. Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalenergyforgeegsgeologymodelearthvisionfaultsstratigraphyvetted-no3dfallonnv3d modelingfaultingstructurenevadamodellinggeologic

Passive Seismic Emission Tomography Results at San Emidio Nevada

Dec 01, 2016
66.54 MB
Publicly accessible
The utility of passive seismic emission tomography for mapping geothermal permeability has been tested at San Emidio in Nevada. The San Emidio study area overlaps a geothermal field in production since 1987 and another resource to the south of the production field. Passive seismic...
Authors
Warren, I. et al Ormat Technologies, Inc.
geothermalenergywholescalewaterholeobservationstresssystemspatialtemporalphysicsmodelinghydrologicthermalmechanicalgeospatial dataexcelp-wave velocity modelpassive seismicp-waveprocessed dataseismicvelocityhydrothermalsan emidiogeophysicspsetcharacteriztion

DEEPEN Global Standardized Categorical Exploration Datasets for Magmatic Plays

Jun 30, 2023
1.03 MB
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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...
Authors
Taverna, N. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
geothermalenergydeepensuperhotsupercriticalsuperhot egsmagmatichydrothermalweightspfapcaunsupervisedstandardizedexplorationcharacterizationglobal

Dataset for report: Non-Technical Barriers to Geothermal Development in California and Nevada

Mar 10, 2022
66.68 MB
Publicly accessible
In California and Nevada, geothermal projects are subject to non-technical barriers, which may create development delays leading to higher project costs and risks and decreased competitiveness with other electricity generation technologies. These non-technical barriers may include...
Authors
Levine, A. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
geothermalenergycalifornianevadasalton searegulatorybarriersnon-technicalinterviewsenvironmentalstakeholdersnon-technical barriersntbgeoreportseatpermitenvironmental reviewauthorizationseconomiclcoecostfeasibilityprocessed dataannual technology baselineatbimperial countychurchill county

West Flank Coso FORGE: 3D Temperature Model

Mar 01, 2016
603.86 kB
Publicly accessible
x,y,z data of the 3D temperature model for the West Flank Coso FORGE site. Model grid spacing is 250m. The temperature model for the Coso geothermal field used over 100 geothermal production sized wells and intermediate-depth temperature holes. At the near surface of this model,...
Authors
Blankenship, D. Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalforgeegswest flankcosotemperaturetemperature gradientcaliforniamodel3d
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