Open AccessWestern Energy Resources and the Environment: Geothermal Energy
Publication year - 1977
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/860618
Subject(s) - geothermal gradient , geothermal energy , geothermal power , work (physics) , electric power , environmental science , production (economics) , power (physics) , environmental resource management , engineering , geology , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , geophysics , economics , macroeconomics
This document on geothermal energy is the first in a series of summary reports prepared by the Office of Energy, Minerals and Industry of the Environmental Protection Agency. The series describes what environmental effects are known or expected from new energy resource development in the western third of the United States. The series indicates some of the research and development activities under way and reviews the non-environmental constraints to resource development. It also serves as a reference for planners and policymakers on the entire range of problems and prospects associated with the development of new energy resources. [DJE-2005