Friday, May 31, 2013

USA, Nevada:

How U.S. EGS Project Added 1.7 MWe Grid-Connected Output (powermag.com)

This image, taken in 2008, shows an EGS
wellhead at Ormat’s Desert Peak project. (Courtesy NREL)
One of the first Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) was connected to the U.S. electric grid this April, marking a major milestone for the fledgling technology that seeks to tap the enormous terrestrial heat potential deep within Earth’s crust using directional drilling and pressurized water.

Reno, Nev.–based Ormat Technologies, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Schlumberger subsidiary GeothermEx said they had stimulated an existing injection well to increase power output from brine by 1.7 MWe at Ormat’s grid-connected 26 MWe Desert Peak 2 geothermal plant in the Brady complex in Nevada’s Churchill County.

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