On May 7-11, 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy's Geothermal Technologies Office (formerly the Geothermal Technologies Program, and as of 2026 officially renamed the Office of Geothermal) held its Annual Peer Review Meeting at the Westin Westminster Hotel in Westminster, Colorado.
This event provided an important overview of the Office's funded projects and an opportunity to meet all of our current partners.
Download the final report and some of the presentations below.
Peer Evaluation Report
2012 Geothermal Technologies Office Peer Review Report
Presentations
Opening Remarks
Ava Coy, U.S. DOE Geothermal Technologies OfficeReview Chair Remarks
Dr. Kate Baker, U.S. DOE Geothermal Technologies OfficeU.S. DOE Geothermal Technologies Office
Doug Hollett, U.S. DOE Geothermal Technologies Office
International Partnership for Geothermal Technology
Jay Nathwani, U.S. DOE Geothermal Technologies OfficeAustralia's Geothermal Developments
IPGT SecretariatPreliminary Environmental Assessment and Analysis of EGS Technologies
Caroline Mann, U.S. DOE Geothermal Technologies OfficeIPGT Reservoir Modeling Working Group
Idaho National LaboratoryReservoir Modeling Working Group
Lauren Boyd, Benjamin Phillips, U.S. DOE Geothermal Technologies OfficeDiscussion on a Code Comparison Effort for the Geothermal Technologies Office
Mark White, Ph.D., P.E, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Cost Principles and Special Terms and Conditions for DOE Financial Assistance Recipients
Geothermal Technologies OfficeDavis-Bacon Act
Jay Nathwani, U.S. DOE Geothermal Technologies OfficeNational Geothermal Data System - DOE Geothermal Data Repository Node
Arlene Anderson, U.S. DOE Geothermal Technologies OfficeDrilling Best Practices
Doug Blankenship, Sandia National LaboratoryHydrothermal Exploration Data Gap Analysis
Katherine Young, Dan Getman, Ariel Esposito, National Renewable Energy Laboratory