Faulkner 1 plant production upped to 30 MW

In Canada, Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. said that it had increased production 3 MW to 30.5 MW at its Faulkner 1 power plant. The company accomplished this by constructing a pipeline and is injecting 500 gallons per minute of spent geothermal brine from the plant into an existing well with a total conversion cost of less than $150,000. NGP also said that planned injection well 55-15 encountered a highly permeable “upper” injection zone between 4800 and 5400 and that tests give an estimated injection capacity of 2250 gpm.