The Geothermal Energy Machinery and Systems (GEMS) Workshop took place November 19-20, 2024 at SwRI.
Day 1
Welcome
Klaus Brun, Ebara Elliott Energy, Kelsi Katcher, SwRI, and Adam Hamilton, SwRI – Welcome
Keynote Speakers
Robert Mellors, ARPA-E – The Road to Superhot Geothermal
Mike Matson, BCG – 2024 in Review: Advances in NextGen Geothermal
Technical Presentations
John Avery, Calpine and Jaclyn Urbank, Jacobs Engineering, and Daniel Neumann, Toshiba America Energy Systems – Calpine North Geysers Incremental Development (NGID) Capacity Expansion
Rob Klenner, GreenFire Energy – Fueling the Future: The latest in Geothermal Innovation
Andrew Coleman, EPRI – Evaluating Corrosion Conditions in Geothermal Resources
Lorenzo Angelini, SLB New Energy – A Pore-to-Process Digital Design Methodology to Evaluate
Chris Fraughton, AtmosZero – Elevating Geothermal with AtmosZero Boiler 2.0
Owen Pryor, SwRI – Potential of Geothermal Power in Texas
Lev Ring, Sage Geosystems – Geopressured Geothermal Systems: From Concept to Implementation
Short Presentations/Technology Updates
Robert Pilko, Blade Energy Partners
Corey Dufrene, Vallourec USA Corp.
Alexandra Smith, Fervo Energy
Peter Rice, Siemens Energy
Mohamed Khaled, Colorado School of Mines of Texas
Benjamin Burke, Gradient Geothermal
Panel Session - Industry
Karl Wygant, Ebara Elliott Energy
Leslie Ponder, Black and Veatch
Anna Hu-Harvey, Fugro
Panel Session – University/Labs
Mayank Tyagi, LSU
Robert Mellors, ARPA-E
David Chapman, HotRock Geothermal Consortium/UT Austin
Open Forum Discussion
Klaus Brun, Ebara Elliott Energy
Closing
Day 1 Closing
Day 2
Welcome
Klaus Brun, Ebara Elliott Energy
Keynote Speakers
Mario Martinez, ORMAT – Renewing Earth’s Energy Future
Technical Presentation
Klaus Brun and Karl Wygant, Ebara Elliott Energy
Mor Bisk, Fervo Energy – ORC & EGS – Advantages and Opportunities in Design and Execution
Ed Humes, Exceed Geo Energy
Dario Mulazzani, Baker Hughes – Baker Hughes Geothermal ORC Solutions
Tim Allison, SwRI – State of the Art in Supercritical CO₂ Power Systems
Louis Mann, Atlas Copco – Flexible Machinery Solutions in Geothermal
Derrick Bauer and Justin Carr, Ebara Elliott Energy – Turbine Design Strategies for Direct Geothermal Systems
Travis Kittleson, Hayden Zeigler, and Bryan Baum, Nidec Power – Kato Engineering – Harness the Heat: Generator Designs for Geothermal Power Generation
Panel Session – Utility
Michael Enger, Austin Energy
Ed Humes, Exceed Geo Energy
Closing
Kelsi Katcher, SwRI