Geothermal slim holes for small off-grid power projects

Renewable Energy

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 1997, Pages 389-402

  Combs, Jim ^a   Garg, Sabodh K ^b   Pritchett, John W ^b  

^a Geo Hills Associates   (United States)

^b MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed generation and baseload electricity; Geothermal boreholes; Geothermal power; Geothermal reservoirs; Off grid power plants; Remote power plants; Rural electrification; Slim holes

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS; POWER STATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES;

EID: 0031052635     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)00096-1     Document Type: Article

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