| Blue Mountain Faulkner 1 Geothermal Power Plant | |
| Coordinates: | 40.9953°N -118.1428°W |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | Humboldt County, Nevada |
| Status: | O |
| Commissioned: | October 2009 |
| Cost: | US$180 million |
| Operator: | Nevada Geothermal Power |
| Geo Type: | BC |
| Geo Well Count: | 5 |
| Geo Well Depth: | 8000feet |
| Geo Temp Requirement: | 302F |
| Ps Units Manu Model: | Ormat Technologies |
| Ps Electrical Capacity: | 50 MW |
Blue Mountain Faulkner 1 Geothermal Power Plant is a geothermal power plant located in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. It is owned and operated by Nevada Geothermal Power Inc.[1] [2] Produced electricity is sold to NV Energy through a 21miles 120-kV transmission line to the transmission grid connection at Mill City, Nevada.[1]
The plant was completed in October 2009. It has an installed capacity of . As of November 2010, the plant operated at a net output of . It is a binary cycle geothermal plant, which uses a closed-loop heat exchange system. In this system hot geothermal water with an average temperature of 302F heats a secondary fluid, isobutane, which is vaporized and used to run a turbine. The geothermal water is supplied by five production wells and injected by six injection wells. There is a program to add three new production wells.[1] The depth of wells is 4000-.[2]
The technology was supplied by Ormat Technologies.[1] [2] The well drilling contractors were ThermaSource and Ensign. The piping contractor was JFMPE and the reservoir engineering was handled by GeoThermEx Inc. The plant cost US$180 million, of which $57.9 million was funded under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.[1]