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Faulker 1 output raised to 26MW
In Nevada, the Faulker 1 geothermal plant is now operating at 26 MW, up from 13 MW with permanent cables installed to Turbine Generator Units One and Three. Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. expects cable repairs to be completed to Unit Two and other electrical equipment on or before March 10, 2010, restoring the plant to [...]
SPG making first use of coiled-tube drill in geothermal for second Alum well
In Canada, Sierra Geothermal Power Corp. says its second Alum observation well is being drilled coiled-tube technology to make deep drilling faster and more cost-effective. Coiled-tube drilling has been used in the oil and gas industry but is a first for drilling a geothermal well. Well 26-19 will test temperature and permeability to depths of [...]
Vulcan restarts Patua drilling
In Oregon, Vulcan Power Co. said it has restarted drilling operations at its Patua project site near Fernley, NV. The company’s drilling, geo-science, cementing, coring, engineering and construction teams will work over the next 24 months to complete Phase I of Patua, which will be the Vulcan’s first geothermal power plant, capable of producing 60 [...]
Work at Raft River EGS project underway
In Idaho, work has begun at U.S. Geothermal Inc.’s Raft River project funded by a $10 million DOE Enhanced Geothermal System grant. The team will be lead by the Energy & Geoscience Institute from The University of Utah and includes U.S. Geothermal, APEX Petroleum Engineering Services and HiPoint Reservoir Imaging. U.S. Geothermal contributed an existing [...]
Raser partners extend Thermo 1 financing
In Utah, Raser Technologies, Inc. reached an agreement with project financing partners to extend the final performance and completion test of the Thermo No. 1 Project to June 30, 2010. The company recently recompleted four wells to reduce the inflow of water from the coolest formations and increase the average temperature of water entering the [...]
Raser project approved for $33 million Recovery Act funds
In Utah, Raser Technologies, Inc. said that the U.S. Treasury has approved its renewable energy grant application of $32.99 M for the company’s Thermo No. 1 geothermal power plant provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Raser is to receive the funds within five business days of the announcement. The funds will go to [...]
Drilling scheduled in Akutan this summer
In Alaska, preparations are underway for drilling exploratory geothermal wells in Hot Springs Bay Valley on Akutan Island, just three miles from Akutan Village. Extensive prospecting, including soil and chemical testing, remote sensing using satellite imagery, and magnetotelluric measurement of electric currents, was completed in October 2009. The team, led by Dr. Amanda Kolker, has [...]
U2 raising money for geothermal plant through carbon offsets
In Turkey, the rock band U2 is raising funds to pay for the country’s Dora-1 geothermal plant. The band’s project will raise approximately $450,000 for various environmentally conscious power plants if fans purchase carbon certificates offsetting the emissions they generate when traveling to the band’s shows. The Dora-1 plant, completed in the summer of 2009, [...]
Output drop means new well in Puna
In Hawaii, Ormat Technologies Inc. said it plans to drill a new well at its Puna geothermal power plant on the Big Island because of a 32% loss of generating capacity. The 30 MW capacity plant had generated 25 MW as recently as late last year after repair work, but a decline in the steam [...]
Faulkner 1 shutdown cause determined
In Canada, Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. and its Engineering Procurement and Construction contractor which supplied the plant and electrical systems, have found the cause of a January 17 Faulkner 1 plant outage. EPC determined that the plant automatically shut down due to a failure in the buried power cable system. Cables leading outward from the [...]
