Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. Announces $10 Million Investment in EnergySource’s Geothermal Power Plant Hudson Ranch II (EON: Enhanced Online News)
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., a leading supplier of turbine generator equipment to the power generation industry, today announced its investment of $10 million in the development of a geothermal plant in Imperial Valley, California, owned and operated by
EnergySource LLC, an independent renewable energy generation company that develops utility scale geothermal power plants.
EnergySource plans to commence drilling mid-year for Hudson Ranch II, with plant construction to begin in 2013 and commercial operations in 2015. Like its recently completed Hudson Ranch I project, in which EnergySource first selected Fuji Electric steam turbine generator equipment, the new plant will generate 49 MW from one of the largest and highest temperature geothermal resources in North America, the Salton Sea resource in Imperial County, California.
