GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
in
OREGON
2010
Alex Sifford
Sifford Energy Services
DIRECT USE
LaGrande
NEAL
NEWBERRY
CRUMP
Vale
Burns
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
DIRECT USE
In Oregon today
• 2195 identified resources
• 630 Applications
• 594 x 109 Btu per year energy
Source: OIT Geo-Heat Center
DIRECT USE
♦ Hot spring water piped to
– pools, buildings, greenhouses.
♦ Wells in Klamath Falls Oregon supply
hospital, schools, OIT, downtown business
core, brewpub, and funeral parlor.
♦ Every Western state has a similar
community: Boise, Reno, Las Cruces, etc
DRILLING
“Classic” drill rig
in Klamath Falls.
Very much a
water well rig.
Newberry Well 55-29
Completed in July at a depth
of 10,060 feet.
No significant quantities of
water or steam
Well Testing
West Ford Flat
BINARY POWER
Reno, Nevada
Mammoth Geothermal
NEAL HOT SPRINGS
Vale -14 mi
Ontario 32 mi
U.S. Geothermal
• Exploration surveys in 2007
• Well drilling in 2008 & 2009:
– NHS-1 is 2300 feet deep & 277º F temp;
NHS-5 is 2800‘ & 286º F
• Idaho Power to purchase power & build
transmission line
• $106 M project ~26 MW
Source: www.usgeothermal.com
CRUMP GEYSER
• Warner Valley
• South central Oregon
• 50km (30mi) east of Lakeview
Nevada Geothermal
• Estimates of 40 – 60 MW at Crump
• NGP completed some passive exploration
• NGP working on selecting drilling
locations, permitting and project feasibility
studies.
Source: www.nevadageothermal.com
Davenport Power
• Davenport Power is Project Operator for
Northwest Geothermal Co.
• 20-year contract with Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
in 2006
• 60 to 120 MW of power
• Drilling preparation & environmental work began
in 2006
Source: www.davenportpower.com
Davenport Power
• Newberry Well 55-9 drilled in 2008 to 10,060
feet.
• No significant quantities of water or steam
• Exploration Well #2 drilled to a depth of about
4,700 feet
• July 2008 submitted a “Notice of Intent” to apply
for a Site Certificate
• A separate federal Environmental Impact
Statement process on hold
Klamath Falls
• OIT uses (3) 192º F wells to heat the
campus
• Now has a 200 kW power plant starting up
• Proposing a 1.2 MW power plant to meet
all campus power needs
• South of town a separate 10 MW proposal
2010 ARRA Geothermal Projects in Oregon
Grantee
DOE Grant
Amount
Location
Description
1) Innovative Exploration and Drilling Projects
Nevada Geothermal
Power Co
1,764,272
Newberry
Geothermal Holdings,
LLC
5,000,000
Crump
Geyser
Newberry Geothermal Holdings, LLC will use advanced
geological techniques to locate geothermal reservoirs in
Newberry Oregon's Cascade range.
ORMAT Nevada,
Glass
Inc.
4,377,000
Buttes
2) Coproduced, Geopressured, and Low
Temperature Projects
City of Klamath Falls 816,100
Johnson Controls,
Inc.
Surprise Valley
Electrification
Corporation
1,047,714
2,000,000
Nevada Geothermal Power Co. will test a new low
(environmental) impact drilling technique and create a
method to model the movement of fluid in the reservoir
ORMAT Nevada will use a combination of advanced
geological techniques to identify faults in geothermal
reservoirs, with initial tests in Glass Buttes.
Klamath
Falls
This funding will facilitate construction of a low
temperature power plant combined with a district
heating system to help power the city of Klamath Falls.
Klamath
Falls
Johnson Controls, Inc. will install a low temperature
unit on the Oregon Institute of Technology Campus.
Paisley
Surprise Valley Electrification Corporation will build a
binary power plant utilizing low temperature fluids and
enable the construction of a local aquaculture facility
3) Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Demonstration Projects
AltaRock Energy,
AltaRock Energy, Inc. will demonstrate EGS technology
Inc.
24,999,430
Newberry to generate power from the Newberry KGRA
5) Geothermal Data Development, Collection and
Maintenance
Arizona State
Geological Survey
Boise State
University
17,799,947
1,550,000
for all 40
states
Boise ID
The Arizona State Geologic Survey in collaboration
with 40 other State Geologic surveys will participate in
populating the National Geothermal Data System
(NGDS) with relevant state specific geothermal data.
Digitize, organize and upload USGS, DOE
demonstration project, and CoreWall data into the
NGDS.
Innovation
• This type of
modular power
generation unit
can make
power from
lowtemperature
(165° F)
geothermal
resources.
ENVIRONMENT
• Public lands follow National
Environmental Policy Act =>
Environmental Assessment or an
Environmental Impact Statement
• Private and public lands follow local and
state permits.
ENVIRONMENT
• State well drilling permits
• State air & water quality
permits
• State power plant license
• County building permits
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
Thanks
• Geo-Heat Center http://geoheat.oit.edu/
• ODOE http://oregon.gov/ENERGY
• US DOE
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal
• GRC http://www.geothermal.org
• Geothermal Education Office
http://geothermal.marin.org/