Proposed Fallon FORGE Site: Phase 2 Update

Doug BLANKENSHIP, Mack KENNEDY, James FAULDS, Andrew SABIN, John AKERLEY, Ann ROBERTSON-TAIT, Kelly BLAKE, Drew SILER, Nicholas HINZ, Andrew TIEDEMAN, Mike LAZARO, Jonathan GLEN, Steve HICKMAN, Colin WILLIAMS, Will PETTIT

Key words: FORGE, EGS, Fallon
Conference: Stanford Geothermal Workshop
Year: 2017
Session: Enhanced Geothermal Systems
Language: English
Paper number: Blankenship

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Abstract

The Department of Energy (DOE) Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) is to be a dedicated site where the subsurface scientific and engineering community can develop, test, and improve technologies and techniques for the creation of cost-effective and sustainable enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) in a controlled environment. The establishment of FORGE will facilitate development of an understanding of the key mechanisms controlling a successful EGS. As part of a detailed down-select process, DOE has selected two sites to move forward for further evaluation; Fallon FORGE near Fallon, NV and Utah FORGE near Milford, Utah. This paper will provide an overview of the candidate Fallon FORGE project and efforts to date related to readying the site for full FORGE implementation.

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