Download or read book Geothermal Energy Development written by Edgar W. Butler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the effects on an isolated region when an entirely new and major energy resource is developed to commercial proportions? What happens to the population, the economy, the environment, the community, and societal relations? How does the government frame work respond, the family structure adapt, the economy expand, and life styles change under the impact of new forces which hold a prom ise of much benefit and a risk of adverse consequences? Imperial County, California, has a population of less than 90,000 people. This population has been exceptionally stable for years, cen tered as it is in an agricultural and recreational framework. The county is somewhat cut off from other areas by geographic barriers of moun'" tains and desert, by state and natural boundaries, and is the most remote of all 58 counties of California from the state capitol, Sacra mento. In the decade of the 1950s, geographical explorations for oil re vealed some anomalous structures underlying the desert and agricul tural areas in Imperial County. These, when drilled, seemed to be oil less and hot, and so lacked attractiveness to petroleum wildcatters. In the decade of the 1960s, Dr.

Download or read book Significant Problems in Geothermal Development in California written by California. Geothermal Resources Board and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geothermal Resources in California written by California. Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Public Doamin. Subcommittee on Geothermal Resources and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geothermal Resources in California written by California. Legislature. Joint Committee on Public Domain. Subcommittee on Geothermal Resources and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geothermal Resources in California Potentials and Problems written by California. Legislature. Assembly. Panel on Energy Planning and Programs and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ecology Problems Associated with Geothermal Development in California written by J. H. Shinn and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geothermal Resources in California written by California. Legislature. Assembly. Panel on Energy Planning and Programs and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geothermal Energy written by Michael K. Lindsey and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geothermal Energy and Regional Development written by Stahrl Edmunds and published by Praeger Publishers. This book was released on 1979 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geothermal Resources Development in California Imperial Valley Potential written by University of California, Riverside and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Development in California s Geothermal Regions written by California Energy Commission. Geothermal Energy Office and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Problems in Identifying Developing and Using Geothermal Resources Department of the Interior Energy Research and Development Administration written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Water and Power from Geothermal Resources in California written by California. Department of Water Resources and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Renewable Energy Increased Geothermal Development will Depend on Overcoming Many Challenges written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Human and Moral Assessment of Geothermal Development in Lake County California written by Charles West Churchman and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geothermal Resources in California written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The technology, cost and potential of geothermal resources in California are examined. The production of power from dry stream fields is expanding in Northern California, at The Geysers, at costs that compare favorably with alternate means of generation. The possibility exists that economic production of power can be started in the Imperial Valley, but numerous issues remain to be resolved; chief among them is the demonstration that commercially valuable aquifers indeed exist. The production of demineralized water from the geothermal fluids of the Imperial Valley depends, among other things, upon the identification of other sources of water for power plant cooling, or for reservoir reinjection, should it be necessary to avoid subsidence. It would appear that water production, without the income-producing capability of associated power generation, is not economically reasonable. The pace of geothermal development at the Geysers could probably be accelerated perhaps offering the opportunity for maintenance of adequate generating reserves should their nuclear construction program be delayed. The unknown factors and risks involved seem to preclude the Imperial Valley resource from being immediately effective in improving the power generation picture in Southern California. However, in the next decade, geothermal power could provide a useful energy increment, perhaps 10 percent of peak load. Associated water production could offer relief for the Imperial Valley in its predicted water quality problem. The pace of public and private development in the Imperial Valley seems incommensurately slow in relation to the potential of the resource. Geothermal power and water production is not intrinsically pollution-free, but appropriate environmental protection is possible.

Download or read book Proceedings National Conference on Geothermal Energy May 10 11 1973 Palm Springs California written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: