Interest in up to 250 MW of new geothermal capacity in the Salton Sea area
Hudson Ranch I, California, U.S. (source: EnergySource)
Alexander Richter
2 Sep 2016
The U.S. Department of Energy is interested in sourcing up to 250 MW in new geothermal power generation capacity in the Salton Sea area in California.
As part of bigger energy announcement by President Obama at a speech earlier this week at Lake Tahoe, California, the Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program has issued a request on the availability of new geothermal electricity in the Salton Sea Area to serve regional federal load.
The purpose of this request for information (RFI) is to solicit input from industry on options available to the Federal Government for a potential aggregated power purchase of 100 – 250 MW of newly constructed geothermal electricity generated in the Salton Sea area, which lies within the Riverside and Imperial Counties of California, for delivery over a ten-year or twenty-year contract period to serve regional Federal load.
- DATES: Comments and information are requested on or before September 29, 2016.
- ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments electronically: E-mail: tracy.niro@ee.doe.gov. Include “August 2016 Geothermal RFI” in the subject of the message.
- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Niro, U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Management Program, e-mail: tracy.niro@ee.doe.gov
More details via the link below.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program (pdf)
