GreenFire Energy Demonstration, Coso, CA, USA, 2019
GreenFire Energy has authored, published, and presented a series of research papers regarding closed-loop geothermal, sCO2 power cycles and more. Most of these projects were conducted in close collaboration with national laboratories, major universities and experts in a wide variety of disciplines.
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Closed-Loop Geothermal in Steam Dominated Reservoirs
Brian Higgins, Joseph Scherer, Alvaro Amaya, Harish Chandrasekar, and Andrew Van Horn
October 2021
The Benefits of Geothermal Power, Evolution of the U.S. Electricity Grid, and the Need for Geothermal Research
Andrew Van Horn, Phillip Muller, Robert Pilko, Alvaro Amaya, John Muir, and Joseph Scherer
October 2021
Causes of California’s Rotating Outages and A Resilient, Reliable Remedy: Geothermal Power. IAEE Energy Forum, Second Quarter 2021
Andrew Van Horn
May 2021
New Opportunities and Applications for Closed-Loop Geothermal Energy Systems
Andrew Van Horn, Alvaro Amaya, Brian Higgins, John Muir, Joe Scherer, Robert Pilko, Malcolm Ross
July 2020
California Energy Commission, Consultant Report: Closed-Loop Geothermal Demonstration Project
Joseph A. Scherer, Brian Higgins, John R. Muir, Alvaro Amaya
June 2020
GreenFire Energy Closed-Loop Geothermal Demonstration using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as Working Fluid
Alvaro Amaya, Joseph Scherer, John Muir, Mehul Patel, and Brian Higgins
February 10-12, 2020
GreenFire Energy Closed-Loop Geothermal Demonstration at the Coso Geothermal Field
Brian Higgins, John Muir, Joe Scherer, and Alvaro Amaya
September, 2019
The Effect of Well Density on Resource Depletion for a Vertical Closed-Loop sCO2 Geothermal Well System
Don Fox and Brian Higgins
October 25, 2016
Process Modeling of a Closed-Loop sCO2 Geothermal Power Cycle
Brian Higgins
March 30, 2016
Numerical Simulation of Critical Factors Controlling Heat Extraction from Geothermal Systems Using a Closed-Loop Heat Exchange Method
Curtis M. Oldenburg, Lehua Pan, Mark P. Muir, Alan D. Eastman, and Brian S. Higgins
February 22-24, 2016
Is the Plastic Zone the New Geothermal Frontier? Geothermal Resources Council Bulletin
John R. Muir
May/June 2016
GreenFire Energy Presentation for CEC Clean Energy Workshop, Feb 18 2016
John R. Muir and Andrew J. Van Horn
February 18, 2016
Using Supercritical CO2 for Closed-Loop Geothermal
Brian Higgins
February 5, 2016