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Chena Power, in collaboration with Quantum Resources Management, United Technologies Research Center (UTRC, Pratt & Whitney Power Systems (PWPS), and the United States Department of Energy will demonstrate that electric power can be generated from the geothermal heat co-produced when extracting oil and gas from the earth. Energy can be extracted from low-temperature geothermal resource present in the water, oil, and gas. This untapped resource can be developed in an economically attractive manner. This summer, a mobile geothermal power plant installation will be installed and demonstrated at Quantum Resources? Jay Oil Field, which covers 13 square miles of northwestern Florida and southern Alabama. Producing oil and gas wells are an underutilized source of geothermal energy. Most wells produce 95% water and 5% oil and gas. One of the significant economic barriers to developing geothermal power is the cost of drilling wells that have predictable access to fluid temperatures high enough to generate electricity. Chena Hot Springs Resort, Quantum Resources Management, UTRC, and PWPS are proving that geothermal energy production can coexist alongside current oil development operations. Chena Hot Springs Resort and UTRC have previously demonstrated the feasibility of developing low temperature geothermal resources for energy production. At Chena Hot Springs Resort, three organic rankine cycle (ORC) units are installed that have a gross capacity of producing 680 kW of electricity. The electricity produced at Chena Hot Springs Resort represents the lowest temperature geothermal resource (165°F) developed for electricity production in the world.
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