Ormat Technologies, Inc. yesterday announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2019.The following is an overview of projects that are fully released for construction:
Steamboat Hills Power Plant (Nevada). We are planning to replace all of the old power plant equipment with new advanced technology equipment that will eventually increase the capacity by approximately 16 MW and reduce maintenance costs. Equipment being delivered to the site and construction is ongoing. Commercial operation is expected in early 2020.
Heber Complex (California). We are currently in the process of repowering the Heber 1 and Heber 2 power plants. We are planning to replace steam turbine and old equipment with new advanced technology equipment that will add a net capacity of 11 MW. Following these enhancements, we expect the capacity of the complex to reach 92 MW. Permitting, engineering and procurement are ongoing. Manufacturing of equipment is planned to commence in the fourth quarter 2019. We expect commercial operation in early 2021.
In addition, we are in the process of upgrading some of the equipment, such as turbines, pipelines and cooling systems at some of our operating power plants including Ormesa in California, San Emidio in Nevada, Zunil and Amatitlan in Guatemala and Neal Hot Springs in Oregon.
The following is an overview of projects that are in initial stages of construction:
Carson Lake Project. We plan to develop between 10 MW to 15 MW Carson Lake project on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) leases located in Churchill County, Nevada. We drilled one well in 2016 that did not meet our commercial criteria and another in 2017 that tested favorably. Planning is in process for next steps including a flow test to evaluate reservoir volume. We signed a Small Generator Interconnection Agreement with NV Energy in December 2017. As of September 30, 2019, we postponed the drilling activity to next year.
CD 4 Project. We plan to develop a 30 MW project at the Mammoth complex on primarily BLM leases. We have completed two production wells, one of which was previously considered an injection well. We continued drilling in 2018. We signed a Wholesale Distribution Access Tariff Cluster Large Generator Interconnection Agreement with Southern California Edison in December 2017. We recently signed a 25-year PPA with SCPPA for 16 MW that will be sold to the City of Colton in California. We are in negotiations to sell the balance of 14MW to other offtakers or at the spot market. We expect commercial operation by the end of 2021.
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