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Oct 18, 2009DOE buys Ormat built geothermal plant in oil field near Casper
CASPER - A geothermal plant that adds electricity production to the output of an old oil field 35 miles north of Casper has been sold to the U.S. Department of Energy for an undisclosed amount.
CanGEA member, Ormat Technologies, of Reno, Nev., built the plant at the Teapot Dome field to prove the technical feasibility of using hot water associated with oil production to generate electricity. The plant was designed to produce 250 kilowatts of electricity, according to the Department of Energy. It has been operating for more than a year.
“We’re taken a huge step by proving the technology works,” said Paul Thomsen, Ormat’s director for policy and business development. “The bigger question is, are there other sites like this throughout the country that we could implement this type of project? We are still doing the market analysis on that.”
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