Geothermal Information
- Rulemaking - Geothermal Grant and Loan Program (GRDA)
- Background About Geothermal Energy in California
- Documents
- Geothermal Grant and Loan Program (GRDA)
- Fact Sheets on Projects Funded
- List of Resource Assessment Projects (1981-1999)
- Map of California Geothermal Resource Areas
- Commission PIER Program - Renewable Program Area
- Commission Renewable Energy Program
- California Department of Conservation
Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal (Drilling Permits, etc.) - Consumer Energy Center (Information about Ground-Source Heat Pumps)
- The Energy Story - "Chapter on Geothermal Energy" for Students
- Contacts
Geothermal Program Fact Sheets
Available below are fact sheets (Acrobat PDF, most are 2 pages and less than 100 kb) on some of the Energy Commission-funded projects.
DIRECT-USE GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS
Overview: Direct-Use Geothermal Water and Space Heating
Indian Valley Geothermal System
Modoc High School Geothermal Heating System
OTHER GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS
Evaporative Cooling of Geothermal Power Plants with Recycled Water
Fracture Flow Permeability Mapping and Fluid Flow Monitoring at The Geysers
Four-Mile Hill Exploration Well 88-28A
I'SOT Geothermal Demonstration Project, Modoc County
Mineral Recovery from Geothermal Brines
Monitoring of Geothermal Heat Pump Installations and Analysis of Monitoring Data
Optimization of Steam Field Management at the Aidlin Geothermal Project, Sonoma County, California
Rhyolite Plateau Geothermal Exploration
Santa Rosa Reclaimed Water Geysers Recharge Project (GRP)
FINAL REPORT - Santa Rosa Geysers Recharge Project: GEO-98-001 Energy Commission publication # 500-02-078V1, October 2002. On line March 1, 2003 (Acrobat PDF file, 61 pages, 2.1 megabytes - Note file size!)
Southeast Geysers Effluent Injection System (SGEIS), Phase 2, Basin 2000