California State Water System buys Geothermal Energy (Sacramento Bee)
Landfill gas and geothermal energy will soon power a portion of the state's massive water pumping infrastructure.
The California Department of Water Resources announced Wednesday it has signed contracts to purchase 33 MWe through 2016. The majority will come from Northern California Power Agency which operates plants in The Geysers geothermal field near Middletown, California.
DWR operates the State Water Project, one of the world's largest water delivery systems, which includes Oroville Dam and the California Aqueduct. It generates some of its own hydroelectric energy, but the system is a net consumer of energy, responsible for about 3 percent of all the energy demand in California.
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