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September 26, 2011

Geothermal Electricity From the Geysers: A 40 Year Perspective

Dr. John Dunning
Sonoma State University

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Dr. John Dunning of Sonoma State University: The potential of the Geysers seemed unbounded in 1973 when I gave the first WPD seminar on the subject. In the 80's the steam field turned out to be finite. Recharge using municipal sewage was initiated in the 90's. To expand the reservoir, hydraulic fracturing was attempted in 2009. How renewable does this energy source appear in 2011? [Available on DVD in the SSU library.]