Deseret News
Summary
The Utah Office of Energy Development is poised to ink a contract to tap into a study for geothermal resources for development at the Point of the Mountain — the former site of the Utah State Prison.
The office says there is huge potential for this resource of clean, renewable energy, because there exists a large reservoir that has not yet been accessed on a utility scale.
“It was determined that a subsurface resource exploration project, including a pump test, data analysis and a long-term feasibility report on the well, will help quantify the value of the resource and determine the viability of heating and cooling the multi-phase 600-acre development. OED is funding the project.”
The Office of Energy Development is close to awarding a contract for the project to begin a pump test on the existing on-site well.
“The second phase of the project involves analyzing the pump test data to conduct a long-term feasibility study, which will take place in the fall and will help determine the viability of a district heating and cooling project.”
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