Performance, Cost, and Financial Parameters of Geothermal District Heating Systems for Market Penetration Modeling under Various Scenarios

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The U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Vision (GeoVision) Study is currently looking at the potential to increase geothermal deployment in the U.S. and to understand the impact of this increased deployment. This paper reviews 31 performance, cost, and financial parameters as input for numerical simulations describing GDH system deployment in support of the GeoVision effort. The focus is on geothermal district heating (GDH) systems using hydrothermal and Enhanced Geothermal System resources in the U.S.; ground-source heat pumps and heat-to-electricity conversion technology were excluded.

Parameters investigated include:
1) capital and operation and maintenance costs for both subsurface and surface equipment;
2) performance factors such as resource recovery factors, well flow rates, and system efficiencies; and
3) financial parameters such as inflation, interest, and tax rates.

Current values as well as potential future improved values under various scenarios are presented. Sources of data considered include academic and popular literature, software tools such as GETEM and GEOPHIRES, industry interviews, and analysis conducted by other task forces for the GeoVision Study, e.g., on the drilling costs and reservoir performance.

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (2017). Performance, Cost, and Financial Parameters of Geothermal District Heating Systems for Market Penetration Modeling under Various Scenarios [data set]. Retrieved from https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/920.
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Beckers, Koenraad, Young, Katherine R. Performance, Cost, and Financial Parameters of Geothermal District Heating Systems for Market Penetration Modeling under Various Scenarios. United States: N.p., 23 Mar, 2017. Web. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/920.
Beckers, Koenraad, Young, Katherine R. Performance, Cost, and Financial Parameters of Geothermal District Heating Systems for Market Penetration Modeling under Various Scenarios. United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/920
Beckers, Koenraad, Young, Katherine R. 2017. "Performance, Cost, and Financial Parameters of Geothermal District Heating Systems for Market Penetration Modeling under Various Scenarios". United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/920.
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Parameters investigated include:
1) capital and operation and maintenance costs for both subsurface and surface equipment;
2) performance factors such as resource recovery factors, well flow rates, and system efficiencies; and
3) financial parameters such as inflation, interest, and tax rates.

Current values as well as potential future improved values under various scenarios are presented. Sources of data considered include academic and popular literature, software tools such as GETEM and GEOPHIRES, industry interviews, and analysis conducted by other task forces for the GeoVision Study, e.g., on the drilling costs and reservoir performance.
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Data from Mar 23, 2017

Last updated May 20, 2024

Submitted Mar 23, 2017

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Koenraad Beckers

303.275.3158

Authors

Koenraad Beckers

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Katherine R. Young

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

DOE Project Details

Project Name Geothermal Vision Study - Direct Use

Project Lead Arlene Anderson

Project Number FY17 AOP 4.6.8.3

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