Jan 12 2010
Nevada Geothermal Power, a developer of geothermal projects, is developing the Pumpernickel geothermal project. The project is located in the Humboldt County, Nevada. The project property covers an area of 10.34 square miles, and it is 100 percent leasehold. The site has access to the local transmission grid through three interconnect points. The project site is estimated to have a geothermal resource capable of producing 20 to 30 megawatts of power.
Nevada Geothermal Power has completed seismic surveys and gravity surveys for the Pumpernickel geothermal project. The company has also finished third party testing and initial thermal gradient drilling. The company has planned to develop a test well, as the next step in the project. The project has a reservoir temperature estimate ranging from 150 to 218 degrees Celsius. The project site has many active geothermal hot springs that are near boiling, along the valley’s western edge.
The water samples that are collected from the geothermal springs and thermal gradient holes have proved the site to be a commercial reservoir. The maximum well temperature recorded from the project site is 135 degrees Celsius. However, the temperature is higher at the bottom. The surrounding area of the Pumpernickel geothermal project site involves gold mining and gold processing operations, which can use a maximum of 400 megawatts of power.
Source: http://www.nevadageothermal.com