USA, California: Second-largest City in the USA Ups its Geothermal Energy Use

Geothermal Fulfilling 1.1 Percent of 2020 Clean Power Goal for Los Angeles (Renewable Energy World)

“Geothermal energy is an incredibly vital renewable resource to have in our power portfolio because it generates power continuously, so we can rely on it for base-load renewable power, 24/7.”

Don A. Campbell geothermal power plant

Power produced by the recently expanded Don A. Campbell geothermal plant in Mineral County, Nevada, now represents 1.1 percent of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP) 33 percent by 2020 clean energy goal, the utility said on Sept. 29.

Ormat Technologies in August completed construction of the plant expansion, and the company said commercial operation of the new facility began on Sept. 17.

According to LADWP, in 2013, the utility averaged 23 percent of its power sales from renewable energy.

“Geothermal energy is an incredibly vital renewable resource to have in our power portfolio because it generates power continuously, so we can rely on it for base-load renewable power, 24/7,” Michael Webster, LADWP executive director of power system – engineering and technical services, said in a statement.

LADWP is the recipient of the 16.2 MW output of the expansion, which represents 130 GWh per year. The utility supplies more than 24,000 GWh of electricity per year for Los Angeles, according to the LADWP website.

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