Costa Rica in discussion for 12MW geothermal pilot project
Miravalles geothermal power plant, Costa Rica (source: picasa/ Conrad Shiba)
Alexander Richter
17 Feb 2011
Costa Rica is exploring a pilot project of a geothermal power plant with 12MW capacity based on a single-well engineered geothermal system by U.S. company GTherm.
Reported by PowerGen World, the Central American country Costa Rica via its Institure of Electricity (ICE) “is currently in discussions with US company GTherm about using their technology in a 12 MW geothermal pilot project”.
In a piece by Energias Renovables, it says that GTherm’s system, as a single-well engineered geothermal system (SWEGS), uses much less water and therefore would be an interesting option to operate such a plant.
Today, there are five geothermal units in Costa Rica, producing around 165MW of electricity at the Miravalles geothermal field. Geothermal power represents today around 13 percent of Costa Rica’s total installed electricity generation capacity.
Source: PowerGen Worldwide
