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Design and Implementation of Steam Supply for the Western Geopower Unit 1 Project at the Geysers Geothermal Field, California

Basic Information
Author: 
Sanyal, S.K.
Author: 
Henneberger, R.C.
Author: 
Granados, E.E.
Author: 
Long, M.
Author: 
MacLeod, K.
Description: 
This paper presents the case history of the first significant expansion of the installed power capacity in two decades at The Geysers steam field (California), which has been producing commercial electric power for nearly 50 years. Western GeoPower Corporation is constructing a 35 MW (net) power plant at The Geysers, where the generation capacity today has declined to about 900 MW from its peak of 1,800 MW in 1987. A 62 MW (gross) plant was operated at the Western GeoPower site from 1979 to 1989 but was shut down because of a rapid decline in well productivity. The development of a new 35 MW plant at this site has become possible today because: (a) a long production history and a large amount of resource data are available; (b) a substantial infrastructure exists at the site; and (c) the augmented injection in The Geysers field with treated municipal effluent over the last decade has sharply reduced well productivity decline. All four production wells drilled to date for this expansion have proven commercial; three of the four wells have shown much higher productivity than is typical for The Geysers field today, the fourth one being about average.
Publication Date: 
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Resource Language: 
English
Intelectual Originator Contact
Organization Name: 
GeothermEx, Inc.
Street Address: 
3260 Blume Drive,Suite 220
City: 
Richmond
State/Province: 
CA
Postal Code: 
94806
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
510-527-9876
Fax: 
510-527-8164
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Abstract available online at http://www.geothermex.com/files/file_4a8db1fb3fdcf.pdf For a copy of this paper please e-mail us at mw@geothermex.com
Resource Distribution Contact
Organization Name: 
GeothermEx, Inc.
Street Address: 
3260 Blume Drive,Suite 220
City: 
Richmond
State/Province: 
CA
Postal Code: 
94806
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
510-527-9876
Fax: 
510-527-8164
Geographic Extent
North bounding latitude: 
39.4217
South bounding latitude: 
37.4251
West bounding longitude: 
-123.992
East bounding longitude: 
-121.223
Previous Citation
Bibliographic Citation: 
S. K. Sanyal, R. C. Henneberger, E. E. Granados,M. Long, and K. MacLeod, 2004.Design and Implementation of Steam Supply for the Western Geopower Unit 1 Project at the Geysers Geothermal Field, California. GeothermEx, Inc., Richmond, California. Western GeoPower Corporation, Vancouver, Canada
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