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  <dc:contributor>Colin F. Williams</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Jacob DeAngelo</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Erick R. Burns</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2025</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;The U.S. Geological Survey recently (2025) completed a provisional assessment of the geothermal-electric resources associated with high-temperature, low-permeability rock formations of the Great Basin, Southwestern United States. If sufficient technological advances to commercialize enhanced geothermal systems occur, then a current best provisional estimate for electric-power generation capacity of 135 gigawatts electric are available from the upper 6 kilometers of the Earth’s crust. This estimate is a potential substantial increase of the installed geothermal electricity-generating capacity from &amp;lt;1 to 10 percent of current total U.S. power production capacity.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3133/fs20253027</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Enhanced geothermal systems electric-resource assessment for the Great Basin, southwestern United States</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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