Conference News

Geothermal Energy Utilization

 Associated with

 Oil & Gas Development

June 17-18, 2008

Conference Details

 

Previous Conferences

Texas Renewables '07

Conference Presentations

Abilene; November 13-14 2007

Geothermal talks:

Geothermal Energy (GSHP), Shawn Beard - Energy America Geothermal;

A Ground Source Heat Pump Initiative in the Blue Skyways Collaborative, James Yarbrough - U.S, EPA

Geothermal Heat Pumps in Schools, Maria Richards -  SMU Geothermal Lab;

Stranded Geothermal Energy, Peter Gross - Energy America Geothermal;

Making the Texas Heat Cool: Geothermal Leasing and Nesting Potential, Jason M. Ryan - Baker Botts, L.L.P.;

Eastern Texas Geothermal Assessment, Maria Richards, SMU Geothermal Lab

 

 

2006 & 2007

Geothermal Energy Utilization Conference Presentations

 

 

Hot Topics

 

Geothermal Map of North America

 

 

 

 

Recent Press

Google to Invest in Geothermal

New York Times 8/19/08

Google.org announcement 8/19/08

Free to be Green

DFW Chanel 33 News 7/25/08

In the Push for Alternative Energy, What Happened to Geothermal?

US News and World Report 7/21/08

Oil, Gas and Geothermal Energy

SMU Press Release 6/19/08

SMU takes 'green machine'

for test drive

Dallas Business Journal 6/13/08

 

 

 

MIT 2006 DOE Report

The Future of Geothermal Energy – Impact of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) on the U.S. in the 21st Century

 

 

 

Texas Geothermal Fact Sheet

 

The SMU Geothermal Lab Research Focus

Exploration of Geothermal Resources
 
Resource Assessment of Geothermal fields
 
Expansion and Maintenance of Thermal Databases
 
Mapping of Geophysical data
 
Modeling of Geothermal Systems
Thermal Modeling of Oil and Gas fields
       
Examination of Plate Tectonic Processes
 
On-site Borehole Temperature-Depth Logging
 
Determination of sample Thermal Conductivity

Quick Links:

SMU Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences
 

The National Geothermal Education Office (K-12 information for students and teachers)

 

 Geothermal Resources Council (Meetings, Publications, Geothermal Yellow Pages)

 

Geothermal Energy Association (Organization on the business and economics of geothermal development)

 

Geothermal-Biz (Geothermal calendar and state group activities)

International Geothermal Association

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