Publications
NREL's geothermal team develops publications, including technical reports and conference papers, about geothermal resource assessments, market and policy analysis, and geothermal research and development (R&D) activities. In addition to the selected documents available below, you can find resources on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Program Web site or search the NREL Publications Database. For additional geothermal documents, including those published since 1970, please visit the Office of Science and Technology Information Geothermal Legacy Collection.
Geothermal Applications
U.S. Renewable Energy Technical Potentials: A GIS-Based Analysis
NREL Technical Report
Authors: Lopez, A.; Roberts, B.; Heimiller, D.; Blair, N.; Porro, G.
Publication Date: July 2012Recoverable Resource Estimate of Identified Onshore Geopressured Geothermal Energy in Texas and Louisiana
NREL Conference Paper
Event: AAPG 2012 Annual Convention and Exposition, April 24, 2012
Authors: Esposito, A. and Augustine, C.Estimate of Geothermal Energy Resource in Major U.S. Sedimentary Basins
NREL Conference Paper
Event: AAPG 2012 Annual Convention and Exposition, April 24, 2012
Authors: Porro, C. and Augustine, C.Development of Direct-Use Projects
NREL Conference Paper, Preprint
Event: Stanford University Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Workshop, January 31-February 2, 2011, Stanford, California
Author: Lund, J.
Market and Policy Analysis
Strategic Energy Analysis
NREL Conference Paper
Event: World Renewable Energy Forum, May 16, 2012, Denver, CO
Authors: Newmark, R. and Bilello, D.Western Region Renewable Energy Markets: Implications for the Bureau of Land Management
NREL Technical Report
Authors: Haase, S.; Billman, L.; Gelman, R.
Publication Date: January 2012Guidebook to Geothermal Power Finance
NREL Subcontract Report
Authors: Pater Salmon, J.; Meurice, J.; Wobus, N.; Stern, F.; Duaime, M. (Navigant Consulting)
Publication Date: March 2011-
Policymakers' Guidebook for Geothermal Electricity Generation
NREL Brochure
Publication Date: February 2011 Policymakers' Guidebook for Geothermal Heating and Cooling
NREL Brochure
Publication Date: February 2011
Program Activities
Clean Domestic Power
U.S. DOE Fact Sheet
Publication Date: February 2012Geothermal Technologies Program: Research and Development
DOE Conference Paper
Event: California Geothermal Energy Collaboration Forum, July 17-18, 2012
Author: Thorsteinsson, H.
R&D Activities
Geothermal Power and Interconnection: The Economics of Getting to Market
NREL Technical Report
Author: Hurlbut, D.
Publication Date: April 2012System Advisor Model, SAM 2011.12.2: General Description
NREL Technical Report
Authors: Gilman, P.; Dobos, A.
Publication Date: February 2012Influence of Reservoir Heterogeneity on Geothermal Fluid and Methane Recovery from a Geopressured Geothermal Reservoir
NREL Conference Paper
Event: Stanford University Geothermal Workshop, January 30-February 1, 2012
Authors: Esposito, A.; Augustine, CNREL's System Advisor Model Simplifies Complex Energy Analysis
The Spectrum of Clean Energy Innovation Fact Sheet
Publication Date: October 2011Hybrid Cooling Systems for Low-Temperature Geothermal Power Production
NREL Technical Report
Authors: Ashwood, A.; Bharathan, D.
Publication Date: March 2011Organometallic Polymer Coatings for Geothermal-Fluid-Sprayed Air-Cooled Condensers
NREL Conference Paper, Preprint
Event: Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting, September 22-25, 2002, Reno, Nevada
Authors: Gawlik, K.; Sugama, T.; Jung, D.
