PIER - Renewable Energy Technologies

Note: Information on this page and in linked PDF files was last updated in September 2003. For more recent project updates, please see the R&D Portfolio.

Biomass Project Fact Sheets

Natural Gas Cofiring in Biomass Boilers (Contract #500-97-040) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 209 Kilobytes)

SMUD Project 2.1 - Accelerated Anaerobic Composting for Energy Generation - Yolo County Landfill (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 223 Kilobytes)

Commonwealth Project 2.1 - Enhanced Landfill Gas Using Bioreactors (500-00-036) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 196 Kilobytes)

Commonwealth Project 2.2 - Enhanced Energy Recovery (500-00-036) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 195 Kilobytes)

Commonwealth Project 3.1 - Dairy Waste to Energy (500-00-036) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 280 Kilobytes)

California Biomass consortium (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 234 Kilobytes)

Research, Develop and Demonstation 1.25 kW small modular biopower system ( 500-99-029) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 200 Kilobytes)

Utilization of Waste Renewable Fuels (500-98-037) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 185 Kilobytes)

SMUD Project 1.1 - Technology Assessment for Biomass Power Generation (500-00-034) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 162 Kilobytes)

Design, Develop and Demonstrate Small Modular Flex Micro turbines (500-99-030) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 179 Kilobytes)

Collins Pine Cogeneration Project (500-98-043) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 166 Kilobytes)

Geothermal Project Fact Sheets

Development of an Extended Induction Logging Tool for Geothermal Exploration and Field Development (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 188 Kilobytes)

Co-Production of Silica from Geothermal Brine (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 312 Kilobytes)

Rhyolite Plateau Geothermal Exploration (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 216 Kilobytes)

Improving Energy Recovery at The Geysers Geothermal Field by Delineation of In-Situ Saturation (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 209 Kilobytes)

Geothermal Resource Development Account (GRDA) Projects

Four-Mile Hill Exploration Well 88-28A (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 158 Kilobytes)

Optimization of Steam Field Management at the Aidlin Geothermal Project, Sonoma County, California (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 158 Kilobytes)

Fracture Flow Permeability Mapping and Fluid Flow Monitoring at The Geysers (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 190 Kilobytes)

Southeast Geysers Effluent Injection System (SGEIS), Phase 2, Basin 2000 (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 192 Kilobytes)

Mineral Recovery from Geothermal Brines (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 197 Kilobytes)

I'SOT Geothermal Demonstration Project (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 186 Kilobytes)

Evaporative Cooling of Geothermal Power Plants with Recycled water (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 190 Kilobytes)

Integrated High-Resolution Microearthquake Analysis and Monitoring for Optimizing Steam Production at The Geysers Geothermal Field (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 172 Kilobytes)

Santa Rosa Reclaimed WaterGeysers Recharge Project (GRP) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 161 Kilobytes)

Monitoring of Geothermal Heat Pump Installations and Analysis of Monitoring Data (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 256 Kilobytes)

Old Geothermal Projects (Pre-PIER)

City of Susanville Geothermal District Heating System (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 161 Kilobytes)

Direct-Use Geothermal Water and Space Heating (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 274 Kilobytes)

Indian Springs School Geothermal Heating System (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 174 Kilobytes)

Indian Valley Hospital Geothermal Heating System (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 162 Kilobytes)

Southeast Geysers Effluent Injection System (SGEIS), Phase 2 (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 174 Kilobytes)

Modoc High School Geothermal Heating System (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 162 Kilobytes)

San Bernardino Geothermal District Heating System (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 175 Kilobytes)

Surprise Valley Geothermal Heating Systems (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 176 Kilobytes)

Hydroelectric Project Fact Sheets

PowerWheel Demonstration Project (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 176 Kilobytes)

Solar Project Fact Sheets

Optimization of a Solar Fired Double Effect Absorption Chiller (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 200 Kilobytes)

Commonwealth Project 3.2 - Building Integrated PV Evaluation (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 193 Kilobytes)

Commonwealth Project 3.3 - Building Integrated PV Generation (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 218 Kilobytes)

Hybrid Thermophotovoltaic Power System (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 203 Kilobytes)

PowerGuard Advanced Manufacturing Development (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 313 Kilobytes)

PowerTherm Photovoltaic-Thermal Hybrid Commercial Roofing System (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 204 Kilobytes)

Project 4.3: Hybrid PV/Lighting System (SMUD / ReGen) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 280 Kilobytes)

Project 4.4 Slat-Array Concentrator Development (SMUD/ReGen) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 164 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 1.2 Photovoltaic Markets and Technologies (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 261 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 1.4 Performance Indexing of PV Systems (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 196 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 1.5 Assessment of Worst-Case Weather Conditions (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 204 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 3.1 Laminate & Batten Roofing System (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 252 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 3.2 BIPV Mounting Approaches for New Construction (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 288 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 3.3 Mainstreaming PV for Residential Roofs (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 219 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 3.4 Flat Roof Mounting Approaches (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 188 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 3.5 Optimization of Residential PV Systems (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 224 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 3.6 Remote Dispatch & PV Irrigation (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 195 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 3.7 PV and Evaporative Cooling (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 165 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 3.8 Solar Dish Concentrating with Stirling Engine (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 187 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 4.2 Maximum Power Point Tracker Inverter Development (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 179 Kilobytes)

Xantrex Residential Electric Power Security Project (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 225 Kilobytes)

Wind Project Fact Sheets

California Wind Energy Consortium (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 192 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 4.5: Distributed Generation Drivetrain for MW Turbines (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 204 Kilobytes)

California Wind Energy Forecasting Project (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 200 Kilobytes)

Wind Resource Mapping Project (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 220 Kilobytes)

California's Wind Performance Reporting System and Summary (WPRS) (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 204 Kilobytes)

Wind Turbine Technology Development The Wind Turbine Company (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 188 Kilobytes)

General Renewable Project Sheets

Strategic Value Analysis: GIS Development (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 160 Kilobytes)

Commonwealth Project 0.0 - Program Administration (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 186 Kilobytes)

Commonwealth Project 1.1 - Program Planning and Analysis (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 183 Kilobytes)

Hetch Hetchy Water and Power and Public Renewables Partnership (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 222 Kilobytes)

Strategic Value Analysis: Power Flow Simulations and Development of Renewable RD&D Performance Goals (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 161 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 1.3 Utility System Capacity and Customer Demand Value of PV - NREL (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 221 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Project 1.5 Assessment of Worst-Case Weather Conditions (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 196 Kilobytes)

SMUD Regen Programmatic Project (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 251 Kilobytes)

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