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Jun 20, 2011Development Making Progress at U.S. Geothermal’s Neal Hot SpringsProject
Recent news from the U.S. mention that “U.S. Geothermal is movingforward on its project to develop and construct a geothermal powergeneration plant west of Bully Creek Reservoir at Neal Hot Springs, withconstruction having started on some facilities and work completed onproductions wells.
The Neal Hot Springs geothermal project was the first presentation ofthe first day during the Eastern Oregon Resource Advisory Council’smeeting Tuesday at the Holiday Inn Express. Members of the councilprovide advice to the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Serviceconcerning planning and management on federally-owned land andresources.
“Production wells are complete,” Scott Nichols, environmental lands andpermitting manager for U.S. Geothermal, said during his presentation.Attention is now turning to injection wells, through which water thathas been run through the power plant will be pumped back into the groundfor reheating and maintaining the resource. The company will be relyingon fractures in the rock to allow water to flow back to the productionwells because the rock is impermeable.
Also, an office and shop are under construction and the remainder ofthe site, with the generating plant and cooling tower, will follow,Nichols said. Output from the plant is estimated to be up to 22megawatts.
U.S. Geothermal received a U.S. Department of Energy loan guarantee tohelp finance the project.
The company is about 15 to 18 months out from bringing the plant online, Nichols said. An agreement has already been reached with IdahoPower on the sale of the general power.”
Source: Argus Observer
https://www.cangea.ca/news/archive/development-making-progress-at-u.s.-geothermals-neal-hot-springs-project