Ormat Technologies Inc. said that a business unit entered into a build, operate and transfer agreement with Tikitere Geothermal Power Limited to explore, construct, own and operate a 45 MW geothermal power plant in the Tikitere geothermal area in New Zealand.
U.S. Geothermal Inc. signed a power purchase agreement with NV Energy for the purchase of 19.9 MW from the San Emidio Geothermal Project in Nevada. Transmission constraints may limit the project's total output to 16 MW.
U.S. Geothermal Services, a unit of U.S. Geothermal Inc., signed a $1.65 million agreement with Raft River Energy I LLC to repair two production wells at Unit 1 of the Raft River project.
U.S. Geothermal has received a key reservoir certificate required under the U.S. Department of Energy's $96.7 million loan guarantee for its $129 million, 23 MW Neal Hot Springs project in Oregon.
Ram Power said the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) has approved an amended power purchase agreement for the output from a planned 26 MW geothermal power plant in California.
The US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a list of 19 renewable energy projects deemed priorities for development within the National System of Public Lands in 2011.
U.S. Geothermal Inc. closed on a $96.8 million Department of Energy loan guarantee to build a planned 23 MW geothermal power plant in Oregon.
The Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) is currently in discussions with US company GTherm about using their technology in a 12 MW geothermal pilot project.
Ormat Technologies Inc. said it brought its 15 MW Jersey Valley geothermal power plant online in 2010, one of the only utility-scale geothermal plants completed in the U.S. this past year.
Ormat Nevada Inc., a unit of Ormat Technologies, Inc., has decided not to proceed with Part II of the Department Of Energy’s loan guarantee program application.
Terra-Gen Power has secured $286 million in financing for a 67 MW geothermal power project in Nevada.
In recognition of the geothermal energy potential of Chile’s volcanic geology the government recently initiated a public auction process through which it will grant up to 21 new areas of geothermal operation.
