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Flow Testing Summary. Taken as a whole, the steady-state and cyclic flow tests conducted at Fenton Hill over the period of 1992-1995 demonstrated that HDR reservoirs can provide energy on a reliable basis, are extremely resilient, and have the potential for operational flexibility that goes well beyond the routine fashion in which geothermal reservoirs are normally exploited This series of tests provides a sound basis on which to develop a program for practical power production from HDR resources. EMERGING DIRECTIONS OF HDR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE USA Commercialization of HDR technology has been a goal of the US HDR Program almost since its inception. With encouraging flow test results in hand, the DOE therefore issued a solicitation in December 1994 seeking an industrial partner to develop a facility to produce and market energy from an HDR resource. Bids were received from several organizations. In late June 1995, a technical review committee appointed by the DOE selected a winning bidder and recommended that the project go forward. Several months later, in October 1995, the DOE canceled the solicitation, stating that it would continue to pursue research and development on HDR but would defer commercialization efforts. Concurrently, a directive was issued to decommission the Fenton Hill site. Announcement of a Restructured US HDR Program. The announcement that the US HDR Program would be restructured was first made by Karl Rabago, then DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Utility Technologies, in a speech at the opening of the Geothermal Resources Council meeting in Reno, Nevada on October 8, 1995. While that speech made the intent to restructure the HDR Program clear, it was vague on the goals and direction of the restructuring. A subsequent memo from the DOE Geothermal Division to the Department's Albuquerque Operations Office offered a little more insight into the future of the HDR program, stating: "Rather than pursue a commercialization goal, the Department will refocus the Geothermal Hot Dry Rock Program to work with industry and other interested parties to resolve the key technical issues. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is expected to play a continuing role in technology development." The above statement makes two major assertions: 1) The HDR program will be refocused to work more closely with industry and other interested parties and, 2) Los Alamos National Laboratory will continue to play a role in HDR development. The "key technical issues" referred to in the memo have not yet been explicitly identified. One of the first tasks under the restructured HDR program entailed an attempt by the DOE Geothermal Division, industry, and other interested parties to delineate these key technical issues and formulate a plan to address them. Initial Steps in Restructuring the HDR Program. In December 1995, the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), at the direction of the DOE Geothermal Division, convened a geothermal industry panel to make recommendations on the future course of HDR research and development. The panel first engaged experts from the US geothermal industry, the national laboratories, other government agencies and foreign HDR programs in discussions of the status of HDR technology. It then met in executive session to develop a set of "industry" recommendations 15PDF Image | Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Energy Development in the USA
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