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Geothermal developer seeks seismic study near Buena Vista; trustees ask legal review
Summary
A geothermal developer seeking to map subsurface heat near Buena Vista presented a plan Jan. 28 to conduct seismic surveys as a prelude to exploratory drilling; trustees asked the town attorney and planning staff to review whether such testing is allowed under the municipal code.
A company proposing deep geothermal development near Buena Vista briefed the Town Board on Jan. 28 about plans for a seismic survey that would precede exploratory drilling for a utility-scale geothermal power plant.
Paul Connor, presenting for Thermal GE (described in the packet as Thermal GE/Paul Connor), said the company is studying a 36-square-mile corridor along the Rio Grande rift and seeks to run a seismic survey to identify subsurface "hot spots" that could support a 50-to-200‑megawatt plant. Connor described a nonwater-extraction loop system that would use subsurface heat to produce electricity and said the next technical step is seismic imaging to locate…
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