Geothermal ResourceDevelopment

In Utah

Robert BlackettUtah Geological Survey

Cedar City, Utah

UTAH

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AQUACULTURE

SPACE HEATING

POWER GENERATION

GEOTHERMAL USE

GEOTHERMAL USE IN UTAH

 Locality Description Product/Use

Roosevelt Hot Springs Pacificorp, 26 MW plant electricity

Cove Fort-Sulphurdale Recurrent Res., reconstruction electricity

Newcastle Area

Milgro Newcastle 1 ~ 23 acre greenhouse flowers/plants

Milgro Newcastle 2 ~ 3 acre greenhouse flowers/plants

Milgro Newcastle 3 ~ 2 acre greenhouse flowers/plants

Castle Valley Nursery~ 3 acre Quonset greenhouses vegetables

LDS Chapel space heating DHHX

Bluffdale Area

Bluffdale Flowers ~ 3 acre greenhouse roses

Hi-Tech Fisheries aquaculture tropical fish

Steve Davis aquaculture tropical fish

Utah State Prison project design space heating

GEOTHERMAL USE IN UTAH (Cont.)

 Locality Description Product/Use

Grantsville Bonneville SeaBase snorkeling /SCUBA

Wendover public access lake snorkeling /SCUBA

Veyo Veyo Hot Spring Pool swimming pool

Hurricane-La Verkin Pah Tempe Resort swimming pool/spa

Monroe-Richfield Mystic Hot Springs Resort pool/spa/aquaculture

Midway Area Mtn. Spa Resort swimming pool/spa

Midway Area Homestead Resort snorkeling/SCUBA

Pleasant View Allen Plant Co. greenhouses flowers

Honeyville Crystal Hot Springs Resort swimming pool/spa

Fielding Belmont Resort/Hatchery pool/SCUBA/aquaculture

TOTAL ANNUAL DIRECT USE ENERGY = 130.2 Gigawatt-Hours per Year (Source – OIT Geo-Heat Center)