New 25 MW project in Idaho announced to be operational by 2016
Celebration Pari, Snake River Plains, Idaho (source: flickr/ gharness, creative commons)
Alexander Richter
22 Mar 2014
A new project in Idaho, with a planned capacity of 25 MW is expected to be operational by 2016, so the development company called Aquacliente.
Development plans for a new geothermal project have been announced by the company behind it. Aquacliente just finished drilling of a third production well, for its 25 MW project at Walker Ranch in Idaho, U.S.
The plant is close to the Raft River plant operated by U.S. Geothermal Inc. The investment for the project is estimated at $150 million and is expected to be finished and operating by 2016.
The developer plans to drill 18 wells, of which 9 will be production wells and the rest re-injection wells.
The company is working with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on the planned geothermal plant.
“BLM is excited (about the Walker Ranch project) because renewable energy is one of our priorities,” said Steve Lubinski, geologist at the BLM’s Burley field office. “Personally, it is kind of a neat thing to produce power without fossil fuels or without imposing very much natural resource damage.”
Source: KBOI2
