Welcome to the NGDS Website
The National Geothermal Data System (NGDS) is a DOE-funded distributed network of databases and data sites. Much of the risk of geothermal energy development is associated with exploring for, confirming and characterizing the available geothermal resources. The overriding purpose of the NGDS is to help mitigate this up-front risk by serving as a central gateway for geothermal and relevant related data as well as a link to distributed data sources. Assessing and categorizing the nation's geothermal resources and consolidating all geothermal data through a publicly accessible data system will support research, stimulate public interest, promote market acceptance and investment, and in turn the growth of the geothermal industry.
Major participants in the NGDS to date are: Data Access Project (Boise State University, lead institution), Energy & Geosciences Institute (University of Utah), Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy (University of Nevada, Reno), Geo-Heat Center (Oregon Institute of Technology), Stanford Geothermal Program (Stanford University), Southern Methodist University Geothermal Laboratory, Arizona Geological Survey and Association of American State Geologists (Arizona Geological Survey, lead), Geothermal Resources Council, and the U.S. Geological Survey. The Geothermal Energy Association is collaborating with the NGDS to insure that it meets the needs of the geothermal industry.