Nevada

The Desert Research Institute (DRI) team is verifying and augmenting existing CO₂ point source data sets for Nevada, as well as expanding the assessment of potential geologic CO₂ storage in the state by evaluating existing information to identify candidate geologic reservoirs. The team is working closely with colleagues from the 13 partner CUSP states to evaluate the logistics and economics of moving CO₂ from large point sources to candidate storage sites. Given the abundant geothermal resources in the state (Fig. 1), the Nevada team is also pursuing research on the evaluation of using supercritical CO₂ as a working fluid in geothermal energy production in place of or in combination with water, along with its use in potentially storing CO₂ in geologic formations.