Arlene Anderson is the Lead Technology Manager within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Geothermal Technologies Office Low-Temperature Geothermal Program. Ground Source Heating and Cooling, Deep Direct-Use and Advanced Energy Storage (including Reservoir Thermal Energy Storage) applications are her current Low-Temperature RD&D focus areas.
Arlene led the Thermal Task Force of world renowned experts at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Lab that developed the non-electric geothermal sector analysis reported in the Geothermal Vision Study. Arlene also launched and stewards the U.S. DOE Geothermal Data Repository (GDR) a public facing home to more than 1,200 of GTO’s project data submissions or 4,280 data resources from more than 74 different organizations. The GDR is accessed daily by hundreds of organizations and sees more than 6,000 downloads per month.
With a Bachelor of Science degree from the Pennsylvania State University, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and a Master’s Degree in Planning from the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture, Arlene brings a broad multi-disciplinary approach to geothermal energy development. She also completed the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association Certified Geothermal Designer and Geothermal Inspector training programs.