The Department of Energy has selected eight projects to receive up to $11.3 million for the research and development of pioneering novel geothermal production technologies. The  projects (listed below) will conduct Phase 1 feasibility studies, which will include technical and economic modeling and component design. The Department of Energy will choose the projects that will proceed to Phase II – proving out the designs in a real-world environment.

 

Name

City, State

Amount

$

Technology

1.                   

GeoTek Energy, LLC

Midland, Texas

up to 2.85 million

Gravity-driven downhole pump

2.                   

Gtherm, Inc.

Westport, Connecticut

up to $200,000

Single well geothermal system

3.                   

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley, California

up to $4.99 million

Heat from superheated pressurized carbon dioxide in deep geothermal formations

4.                   

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Livermore, California

up to $874,000

Integrated energy production with carbon capture and storage

5.                   

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

up to $997,000

Circulation of reservoir fluids to increase heat extraction

6.                   

Physical Optics Corporation

Torrance, California

up to $200,000

Wellbore condenser converting hot vapor into cooler liquids

7.                   

Terralog Technologies USA, Inc.

Monrovia, California

up to $541,000

Optimization of vertical and horizontal well systems

8.                   

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

up to $671,000

Development of deep sedimentary and crystalline reservoirs