Research in Utah looks to use cooler resources

In Utah, the state has stepped up to support a bid for a $5 million DOE grant that would fund a study of the region’s low-temperature geothermal energy potential. PurpleEnergy of New Castle is looking for the grant and now has a letter of support from the Utah Generated Renewable Energy Electricity Network Authority Board. The company is working with the University of Utah’s Energy and Geoscience Institute in Phase I of study of its hybrid geothermal project. PurpleEnergy’s assessment of the thermal resources in the area suggests underground temperatures in the sub-300 degree Fahrenheit range.