Geothermal Associations
Geothermal Resources Council (GRC)
Louis E. Capuano, Jr., President
Steve Ponder, Interim Executive Director
P.O. Box 1350 • 2001 Second Street, Suite 5 • Davis, CA 95617-1350
Phone 530.758.2360 • Fax 530.758.2839
E-mail grc@geothermal.org
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Geothermal Energy Association
Karl Gawell, Executive Director
Paul Thomsen, President
Jonathan Weisgall, Chairman
209 Pennsylvania Avenue SE • Washington, DC 20003
Phone 202.454.5264 • Fax 202.454.5265
E-mail gea@geo-energy.org
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Geothermal Education Office (GEO)
Marilyn Nemzer, Executive Director
644 Hilary Drive • Tiburon, CA 94920
Phone 415.435.4574 • Fax 415.435.7737
E-mail geo@marin.org or mnemzer@marin.org
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Geysers Geothermal Association (GGA)
Ron Suess, President, RES Co.
1275 4th St., Ste 105• Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone 707.541.0975 • Fax 707.546.9139
E-mail rsuess@cds1.net
International Geothermal Association (IGA)
Marietta Sander, Executive Director
Roland Horne, IGA President
The IGA Secretariat
c/o Bochum University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Bochum)
Lennershofstr. 140
D-44801 Bochum GERMANY
Phone +49 (0)234-3210712
Fax +49 (0)234-3214809
E-mail iga@hs-bochum.de
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List of National Geothermal Associations Around the World
Geothermal Heat Pumps
Geothermal Exchange Organization (Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium)
International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA)
International Energy Agency Heat Pump Centre
Geothermal Companies
Please consult the GRC Membership Roster and Registry of Geothermal Services and Equipment
Technical Research
Power Plant Databases
IGA Geothermal Energy Database (Global)
OpenEI Power Plant Database (USA)
DOE Projects (USA)
GEA Power Plant Database (USA)
OIT Direct Use Database (USA)
Browsable Collections
Geotermia (Spanish language journal of the CFE, Mexico)
IGA Newsletter
UNU Geothermal Training Program Reports
OIT Geo-Heat Center Digital Library
Geothermal Hot Line
Geothermal Journals
IGA List of Relevant Journals
Citation Databases and Technical Report Collections
GRC Geothermal Library
IGA Geothermal Conference Database (also hosted at Stanford)
OSTI/DOE Information Bridge
OSTI Energy Citations Database
OSTI Geothermal Technologies Legacy Collection
Science Accelerator
American Geophysical Union Digital Library
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Library
OnePetro Library
SEG Digital Library
Geological Society of America
USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Library
University of Maryland Virtual Technical Reports Center
GeoScienceWorld
American Geosciences Institute
NTIS National Technical Reports Library
National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP)
U.S. Geoscience Information Network
IEEE Xplore Digital Library
U.S. State Publications and Data
State Geothermal Data
Alaska
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
Alaska Geothermal Bibliography
Arizona
Arizona Geological Survey Publications
Arizona Geological Survey Geothermal Downloads
California
California Geological Survey Publications Database
California Mines Geological Collection at the Internet Archive
Louisiana
Louisiana Geological Survey
Nevada
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
New Mexico
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
North Dakota
North Dakota Geological Survey
Oregon
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Oregon GTILO-2 web map
Utah
Utah Geological Survey Maps and Publications
Utah Geological Survey Databases and Maps
Utah Natural Resources Library
Washington
Washington State Geologic Information Portal
Online Library Catalog (When searching the database enter "geothermal resources" in the Subject field)
Washington Geothermal Bibliography
Laws and Regulations
Department of Energy: Geothermal Laws and Standards
DOE/NEPA Policy & Compliance
Code of Federal Regulations and other Government Legislative Publications
US Code
US Patent and Trademark Office
Bureau of Land Management and the State of Nevada
Geothermal Energy Association
Australian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Geothermal Resources and Geothermal Reserves
Glossaries/Thesauri
Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary
USGS Earthquake Glossary
OSHA Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing Glossary of Terms
IAEA Energy Thesaurus
• Part 1 & 2, April 2007
• October 2006
Geothermal Websites
K-12 Students and Educators
UC Irvine Energy Tutorials
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration “Energy Kids”
California Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources: Kids and Educators
California Energy Commission “Energy Story”
Geothermal Education Office
Geothermal Education Office - Renewable Energy Source: Geothermal (Excerpt From Chapter 3 Energy for Keeps: Electricity from Renewable Energy)
U.S. Department of Energy
Geothermal Technologies Program
Open Energy Info: Geothermal (NREL)
Energy Information Administration
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Science and Innovation
Guide to Tribal Energy Development: Geothermal Energy Resources
Universities and National Laboratories
Energy & Geoscience Institute, University of Utah
Geo-Heat Center, Oregon Institute of Technology
Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, University of Nevada Reno
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Southern Methodist University Geothermal Laboratory
Stanford University Geothermal Program
United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Industry, Finance, and Policy
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE)
Geothermal Energy Association: Policy
Íslandsbanki Geothermal Industry Dashboard
NREL Guidebook to Geothermal Power Finance
ESMAP Geothermal Handbook: Planning and Financing Power Generation
Blogs and Forums
GRC Global Geothermal News
GRC on Facebook
GRC on Twitter
GEA Geothermal Energy Weekly
Geoexchange Geothermal Heat Pump Forum
ThinkGeoEnergy
Other Related Websites
American Council On Renewable Energy
GRC on You Tube - Geothermal Video Collection
California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources
California Energy Commission: Geothermal Program
California Energy Commission: Project Factsheets
California Geothermal Energy Collaborative
Enhanced Geothermal Innovative Network for Europe (ENGINE)
European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC)
Geothermal Engineering Integrating Mitigation of Induced Seismicity in Reservoirs (GEISER)
Google.org - Enhanced Geothermal Systems
International District Energy Association
International Energy Agency Geothermal Implementing Agreement
International Partnership for Geothermal Technologies (IPGT)
International Renewable Energy Alliance
Geothermal Maps
US Department of Energy
World Geothermal Power Plant Map - ThinkGeoEnergy
California - CA Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources
Oregon GTILO-2 web map- Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
United States Direct Use Projects
Imperial County, California Geothermal Projects