GOODSPRINGS, Nev., Nov. 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Executives from NV
Energy (NYSE: NVE), Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) and Kern
River Gas Transmission Company today dedicated southern
Nevada's first non-solar renewable
energy project, the Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station.
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Located 35 miles south of Las
Vegas, the Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station is the first
renewable energy project owned by NV Energy. The project is rated
at 7.5 megawatts, enough to supply approximately 4,500 homes in
southern Nevada.
Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station was built in partnership
with Kern River Gas Transmission Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, and by Ormat Nevada Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Ormat Technologies Inc.
"Our Goodsprings project provides a reliable and consistent
renewable energy resource for our customers in southern
Nevada," said NV Energy President
and Chief Executive Officer Michael
Yackira. "We are proud of the innovative nature of this
project as well as our company's growing presence in the renewable
energy arena. Additionally, we appreciate our partnership with Kern
River and the great work Ormat has done in developing this
project."
The waste-heat-recovery project is adjacent to the Kern River
Goodsprings compressor station. The project will use a process to
capture the heat from Kern River's natural gas-fueled compressors,
and then use that heat to turn a separate generator to produce
electricity. To save water, the project will use a dry-cooling
system.
"Kern River is an advocate of increasing energy efficiency while
reducing greenhouse gas emissions," said Kern River President
Gary Hoogeveen. "We have been happy
to collaborate with NV Energy and Ormat to recover the heat from
our compressors and turn it into energy to be used by NV Energy's
customers."
Ormat provided the project technology and served as the
project's engineering, procurement and construction contractor.
During construction the project employed approximately 30 workers
during peak construction activity.
"We are pleased to have partnered with NV Energy in the design,
supply and construction of the first recovered energy generation
facility in Nevada," said Ormat
Technologies, Inc. President and COO Yoram
Bronicki. "This innovative, cost-effective project will
contribute to the success of Nevada's renewable energy economy."
The Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station is one of NV Energy's 44
separate geothermal, solar, biomass, small hydro, wind and
waste-heat recovery projects under contract that are either in
commercial operation or the project-development stage. The
company's renewable energy portfolio is more than 1,200
megawatts.
NV Energy is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and is a holding company
whose principal subsidiaries, Nevada Power Company and Sierra
Pacific Power Company, are doing business as NV Energy. Serving a
combined 54,500-square-mile territory that stretches north to south
from Elko to Laughlin, NV Energy provides a wide range of
energy services and products to approximately 2.4 million citizens
of Nevada as well as approximately
40 million tourists annually. www.nvenergy.com
Kern River Gas Transmission Company owns and operates a
1,680-mile interstate natural gas pipeline between southwestern
Wyoming and Southern California. With headquarters in
Salt Lake City, Kern River
currently delivers more than 1.9 billion cubic feet per day of
natural gas to expanding markets in Utah, Nevada
and California. Kern River is a
subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company.
www.kernrivergas.com
Ormat Technologies 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, the Company designs, manufactures and sells
geothermal and recovered energy power units and other
power-generating equipment, and provides related services.
www.ormat.com
SOURCE NV Energy