Status of Nevada Geothermal Resource Development - Spring 2002

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 527-532

  Garside, Larry J ^a   Shevenell, Lisa A ^a   Snow, John H ^b   Hess, Ronald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Direct use; Electric power generation; Nevada; Resource development

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 0242497189     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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