Project Provides Additional 1.7 MW of Electrical Power to Grid
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized the nation’s first commercial enhanced geothermal system (EGS) project to supply electricity to the grid.
Ormat Technologies’ Desert Peak 2 EGS project, based in Churchill County, Nevada, has increased power output of its nearby operating geothermal field by nearly 38 percent, providing an additional 1.7 MW of power to the grid.