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Enel to Share Stillwater Hybrid Solar-Geothermal Lessons (reNews)

Stillwater hybrid solar-geothermal plant

Italy’s Enel Green Power has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to explore the potential of its Stillwater hybrid solar-geothermal site in the US.

A 2 MW concentrated solar project is under construction at the facility at Fallon in Nevada (pictured), which currently features an operational 33 MW geothermal plant and 26 MW PV array.

The tie-up with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory, under the oversight of the US Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Office, will study the integration of geothermal and CSP.

EGP said the team will “work together to model the combination of geothermal and CSP systems, validating simulated results with real-world data from the Stillwater facility” with the goal of “opening doors for the development of future hybrid renewable energy facilities”.

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