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Limiting Factors on Geothermal Development, Imperial County, California, U.S.A.

Pick, James B.; Butler, Edgar W.

Key words
Development; Constraints; Direct Use; Transmission Grid; Finance; Political; Agribusiness; Water Supply; Environment; Brine Waste; Waste Disposal; Sugar Beets; University of California Riverside; Magma Power Company; NSF; US DOE
Location
Imperial County, California; Imperial Valley
Conference
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
Year
1979
Session
Economics; Financing; Direct use; Pipelines; Power grids; So
Language
English

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Abstract

Imperial County's geothermal resource development is potentially limited by numerous factors. This paper examines six limiting factors of potential importance.

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