Recovery Act: Direct Confirmation of Commercial Geothermal Resources in Colorado using Remote Sensing and On-Site Exploration, Testing and Analysis Award Number: DE-EE0002828 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
October 8, 2014
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Recovery Act: Direct Confirmation of Commercial Geothermal Resources in Colorado using Remote Sensing and On-Site Exploration, Testing and Analysis
Award Number: DE-EE0002828
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1
Geothermal Technologies Office
Date: 10/08/2014
Location(s): Colorado
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Pagosa Verde LLC (Pagosa) to collect and compile geothermal resource data and analyses of an exploration area at Pagosa Springs, Colorado in anticipation of developing a geothermal resource. This award (DE-EE0002828) was transferred from Flint Geothermal LLC (Flint) to Pagosa as an award novation. Two previous NEPA Determinations (GFO-0002828-001 and -002) were completed in 2010 and 2011 for the project when it was with Flint Geothermal (now listed in the uploaded SOPO as Phase 1A). A third NEPA Determination was completed on June 11, 2014 (GFO-0002828-003) for Pagosa’s activities in Phase 1 B and Phase 3. Phase 2 activities include fieldwork such as temperature gradient (TG) well drilling and geophysical testing followed by exploration well drilling (if TG data indicates a useable resource).