Open AccessFinal Report and Strategic Plan on the Feasibility Study to Assess Geothermal Potential on Warm Springs Reservation Lands. Report No. DOE/GO/15177
Author(s) -
Warm Springs Power Water Enterprises James Manion,
McClain Associates David McClain
Publication year - 2007
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/903452
Subject(s) - reservation , resource (disambiguation) , wind power , plan (archaeology) , environmental resource management , environmental science , civil engineering , engineering , geography , computer science , archaeology , computer network , electrical engineering
In 2005 the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribal Council authorized an evaluation of the geothermal development potential on the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Warm Springs Power & Water Enterprises obtained a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct a geological assessment and development estimate. Warm Springs Power & Water Enterprises utilized a team of expert consultants to conduct the study and develop a strategic plan. The resource assessment work was completed in 2006 by GeothermEx Inc., a consulting company specializing in geothermal resource assessments worldwide. The GeothermEx report indicates there is a 90% probability that a commercial geothermal resource exists on tribal lands in the Mt. Jefferson area. The geothermal resource assessment and other cost, risk and constraints information has been incorporated into the strategic plan