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Sep 24, 2008Google Grant will Allow SMU to Map Geothermal Resources
Google.org’s announcement to grant $489,521 to the Geothermal Lab in SMU’s Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences will allow Southern Methodist University to provide information on the potential for geothermal energy production in new regions and to update mapping of resources.
According to the press release, Dave Blackwell, Hamilton Professor of Geothermal Studies in SMU’s Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, and Maria Richards, Geothermal Lab coordinator, previously collaborated on the Geothermal Map of North America for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in 2004. It included the oil and gas industry thermal data to the research quality heat flow data, and shows the potential for enhanced geothermal systems development nationwide.
.Dave Blackwell’s career has been based on collecting heat flow data - he’s done this for 40 years,” Richards explained. .But there are parts of the country that have never been researched in detail - whether by Dave or other researchers in the geothermal community. This is an opportunity for the geothermal industry, via SMU, to collect data in places where there is virtually no data.”
The news release is available at http://www.smu.edu/newsinfo/releases/07240.asp
