Tag: Geothermal

October 26, 2021

New Face at NBMG—Anieri Morales Rivera

A message from Dr. Jim Faulds, NBMG Director and State Geologist: “We are very pleased to welcome a very talented new research scientist to NBMG—Dr....

October 19, 2021

2021 Earth Science Week Photos

A big thank you to everyone that attended Saturday’s NBMG Earth Science Week field trip and to our Earth Science Week team leaders! We had...

September 23, 2021

NEW NBMG PUBLICATION

We have completed a comprehensive inventory of the structural settings of known geothermal systems (>200 total; ≥37°C) and late Miocene (~8 Ma) to Quaternary epithermal mineral deposits in the extensional to transtensional region of Nevada.

May 4, 2021

UPCOMING TALKS AND MEETINGS

NPGS Monthly Meeting—Thursday, May 6 at 7 PM, PDT The Exploration History and Conceptual Model of the Gerlach Geothermal System  by Robert Selwood, Ormat Technologies,...

May 3, 2021

The Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy: Two Decades of Putting Renewable Energy Research to Work for Nevada and the World

By Caddie Dufurrena ’00, Nevada Silver & Blue Magazine, Winter 2021 The Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy was recently featured in UNR’s alumni magazine ‘Silver...

May 3, 2021

Geological Controls on Geothermal Resources for Power Generation

by Egbert Jolie, Samuel Scott, James Faulds, Isabelle Chambefort, Guðni Axelsson, Luis Carlos Gutiérrez-Negrín, Simona Regenspurg, Moritz Ziegler, Bridget Ayling, Alexander Richter & Meseret Teklemariam Zemedkun  This...

March 19, 2021

The Nevada Mineral Industry 2019

By John L. Muntean, David A. Davis, and Bridget Ayling Year: 2020Series: Mineral Industry MI-2019Format: 254 pages, includes color, plastic comb-bound report View/Download/Purchase: https://pubs.nbmg.unr.edu/The-NV-mineral-industry-2019-p/mi2019.htm Starting in 1979, NBMG has issued annual...

February 3, 2021

Win a Private Tour of Ormat’s Geothermal Power Plant – with Experts from Ormat Technologies, Inc. and Jim Faulds

NWRA Annual Conference Water Wheel Game and Prizes – Entry Deadline Thursday, February 4 at 12:30 PM Win an in-person “Geothermal Tour with McGinley & Associates and...

January 20, 2021

2021 NWRA Conference

Jim Faulds, NBMG Director and State Geologist, will present a lecture and lead a live Q&A as part of the “The Saudi Arabia for Geothermal”...

January 11, 2021

Presentation by Bridget Ayling: Geothermal Potential and STEM Workforce

Committee on Earth Resources Fall 2020 Meeting, Pathways Toward the Future: Just, Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive (JEDI) Energy WorkforceThe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...