MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company/CalEnergy
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, based out of Des Moines, Iowa, is an international leader in the development and production of energy from diversified fuel sources including geothermal, natural gas, and hydroelectric. Its five U.S. energy platforms include MidAmerican Energy Company, PacifiCorp, Northern Natural Gas, Kern River Pipeline, and CalEnergy Generation.
CalEnergy Generation, which was founded in 1971, originally provided consulting and development services for geothermal power production facilities in North America. By the late 1970s the company began a transition from a service-based provider to an independent power producer. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, in addition to developing its own projects, CalEnergy Generation acquired the assets of several U.S. geothermal energy producers and explored opportunities in energy markets around the world.
The company continued this in 1998 with the acquisition of MidAmerican Energy and a year later the company reorganized as MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company. Currently, CalEnergy Generation operates 10 generating geothermal plants near the Salton Sea in Southern California's Imperial Valley. The combined generating capacity at Salton Sea is approximately 340 net MW. CalEnergy Generation is developing new projects in the Salton Sea geothermal area, including the permitting of its Black Rock Project, which will consist of three new 50-MW geothermal plants.
For more information, please visit http://www.calenergy.com/ and http://www.midamerican.com/
Nevada Geothermal Power Inc.
Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (NGP), (NGP: TSX Venture Exchange, NGLPF: OTCBB) is an emerging renewable energy producer focusing on the development of
CLEAN geothermal projects in both Nevada and Oregon. The company began in 1995 as Blue Desert Mining and became known as NGP in 2003.
Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, NGP holds 100 % leasehold interest in its three Nevada projects: Blue Mountain, Pumpernickel, and Black Warrior and an Oregon project,
Crump Geyser. If all developed, the projects could have a cumulative generation capacity of more than 200 MW, or enough green energy to meet the annual electricity demand for
200,000 homes.
NGP is on its way to establishing itself in the geothermal industry with its first geothermal power plant, Blue Mountain.
The power plant is expected to be completed by the end of 2009 with the power plant having recently been increased in size from 35 MW (gross)
to deliver up to 49.8 MW (gross) of electricity.There is >currently a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement with Nevada Power Company to deliver up to 31.25 MW net.
NGP is gathering steam and is now looking for more acquisitions to build its inventory of geothermal reservoirs.
For more information, please visit www.nevadageothermal.com.
NV Energy
Nevada Power Company is a major power company that has served customers in Southern Nevada since 1906. Nevada Power has kept up with the demand for power in the state and now owns or has financial interest in nine power plants and serves more than 826,000 customers.
Nevada ranks second in geothermal resources among the lower 48 states, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. At the end of 2007, the state of Nevada was leading the nation in operating geothermal power per capita. The Company is continuing to expand its geothermal purchases, with eight additional projects (over 250 MW) currently under development.
According to the Nevada Power Company Integrated Resource Plan, one strategy to incorporate new renewable energy sources is to construct a 250-mile transmission line connecting Sierra Pacific Power and Nevada Power. This would allow for new renewable sources, particularly wind and geothermal power projects proposed in northern Nevada to be developed, maximizing the state’s available alternative energy resources.
For more information, please visit
http://www.nvenergy.com
Northern California Power Agency
The Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) is a California-based public agency that is devoted to the purchase, generation, transmission, pooling, and conservation of electrical energy and capacity for its members. Established in 1968, NCPA is a California Joint Action Agency that provides clean renewable energy to its 17 member communities and districts in Northern and Central California.
NCPA operates two geothermal power plants of 110 MW each at The Geysers geothermal field, located in Northern California. The agency also owns and operates the 70 deep production wells that supply these power plants with steam. In addition, the geothermal project includes eight deep injection wells used to resupply the geothermal reservoir with power plant excess geothermal condensate and treated effluent from nearby communities to create additional steam. NCPA operates and maintains the 26 mile pipeline and pumping stations that supply up to 8 million gallons per day of the treated effluent used for injection.
In the fall of 2008, a 1-MW, 30% capacity factor solar photovoltaic project will supply peak power to one of the effluent pumping stations whereby a renewable project (solar) is used to support another renewable project (geothermal), all the while disposing of treated wastewater for the nearby communities of Lake County. A second 1-MW solar project is also planned for the fall of 2009 that will supply peak power for another of the effluent pipeline pump stations.
For more information, please visit http://www.ncpa.com/.
Ormat Technologies, Inc.
Ormat Technologies, Inc. is the only vertically-integrated company primarily engaged in the geothermal and recovered energy power business. The company designs, develops, owns, and operates geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants around the world.
Additionally, Ormat designs, manufactures, and sells geothermal and recovered energy power units and other power-generating equipment, and provides related services. The company has more than four decades of experience in the development of environmentally-sound power, primarily in geothermal and recovered-energy generation. Ormat products and systems are covered by more than 75 patents.
Ormat currently operates the following geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants: in the United States - Brady, Heber, Mammoth, Ormesa, Puna, Steamboat and OREG 1; in Guatemala - Zunil and Amatitlan; in Kenya - Olkaria; and in Nicaragua - Momotombo.
For more information, please visit http://www.ormat.com/businesses.php?did=25
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