Alberta No. 1 geothermal (Greenview)

RESOURCE CONTEXT

Leduc 4.06 trillion GJ heat in place; Swan Hills 1.86 trillion GJ; Granite Wash 0.52 trillion GJ

Tens of gigawatts of heat in Devonian aquifers, priced against a C$44/MWh power pool.

Official reserve statements for this commodity (1)

• Leduc Formation heat in place4.06 trillion GJ (8.97 GW el gross) · Resource estimate · 2021AGS Geothermal Atlas IAM-016 ↗

GEOLOGICAL SETTING

Prospectivity envelopes for Geothermal heat & power

• Deep basin thermal maximum (Hinton–Fox Creek–Grande Prairie)Highly favourable
  Hot sedimentary aquifer (Leduc, Swan Hills, Granite Wash) and closed-loop targets

Development regime

Tenure

Geothermal Resource Tenure Regulation (1 Jan 2022): 5-year lease, maximum 9 sections; Crown owns heat below the base of groundwater protection.

Royalty

No geothermal royalty regulation published as of Oct 2026.

DATASETS TO STACK HERE

Public layers that cover this site

• Bedrock geology polygons (DIG 2013-0018, queryable)Alberta Geological SurveyAttribute-level bedrock mapping for screening host lithologies; heavy, so it loads only when zoomed in.
• 3D Provincial Geological Framework: Precambrian subcrop zonesAlberta Geological SurveyEntry point to the provincial 3D framework: which Paleozoic zone sits on basement controls helium traps, brine aquifers and storage seals.
• Precambrian magnetic basement domains (AGS)Alberta Geological SurveyCraton architecture for diamonds (thick cold lithosphere), radiogenic basement for helium, and shear zones for uranium and gold.
• Lithoprobe seismic transects (ABT, SALT, PRAISE)Alberta Geological SurveyThe only public deep-seismic imaging; constrains basement architecture, Snowbird Tectonic Zone and the Peace River Arch.
• Alberta earthquake catalogue (incl. induced)Alberta Geological SurveyInduced-seismicity hazard zones (Fox Creek, Red Deer) constrain hydraulic fracturing and injection.
• Subsurface temperature points (BHT-derived)Alberta Geological SurveyThermal gradient for geothermal doublets and for DLE kinetics in lithium brines; basement temperature grids exist as LERC tiles.
• Geothermal reservoir extent: Granite WashAlberta Geological SurveyWhere the basal clastic aquifer exists for hot sedimentary aquifer projects.
• AGS prospective areas for mineral explorationAlberta Geological SurveyThe survey's own view of where each commodity is prospective; compare with the Atlas knowledge-driven envelopes.

NEARBY OPERATIONS

Within reach

• LithiumBank — BoardwalkLithium brine · LithiumBank Resources (SLB FS/FEED) · ≈86 kmPilot / demonstration
• Summit Mine 14 (underground)Coal mine · Summit Coal (Valory Resources) · ≈110 kmPermitting
• Grande Cache (No. 8 Mine)Coal mine · CST Canada Coal · ≈122 kmOperating
• LithiumBank — Park PlaceLithium brine · LithiumBank Resources · ≈141 kmExploration
• NeoLithica — Peace River lithiumLithium brine · NeoLithica · ≈157 kmExploration
• Peace River frac-sand quarrySilica sand · Source Energy Services · ≈172 kmOperating