SolarWorld Americas Inc. supplied solar panels totaling 14.2 MW for a project in Nevada that combines solar and geothermal power generation.
The project at Patua, 40 miles east of Reno, placed a solar array side by side with a 25 MW binary geothermal production plant to take advantage of solar’s peak performance periods at times when the geothermal is comparatively less efficient during the daytime and summer.
While not the first, SolarWorld Americas claims the project is the biggest of its kind.
On an AC basis, the 2-year-old Patua geothermal installation is about 25 MW and the brand-new solar plant, dedicated today, is 10 MW.
Hunt Electric Co., headquartered in Salt Lake City, provided engineering, procurement and construction for the project. Also based in Salt Lake City, Cyrq Energy, a renewable-energy developer and owner focusing on geothermal energy, is the project’s owner-operator. Energy production goes to Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).
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Cyrq Energy will be exhibiting at the GRC Annual Meeting & GEA GeoExpo+ from October 1-4 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.