Steamboat Springs Geothermal Plant

Originally published at Montara Energy Ventures.

Lower Steamboat Springs Geothermal Plant
aerial view of lower steamboat springs geothermal plant

Last week on the way home from the GRC annual meeting, we decided to take a side trip that would take us by the Lower Steamboat Springs Geothermal plant operated by Ormat. The view above is courtesy of Google Maps, the view below was snapped from US 395 about 10 miles south of Reno, Nevada. The entire Steamboat Springs complex (4 plants, Upper and Lower Steamboat Springs) has a nameplate capacity of just over 64 MW.

View of plant from US 395 at ground level
ground level view of lower steamboat springs geothermal plant