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Friday, May 11, 2012

World's First Geothermal-Solar Power Plant opens in Nevada

World's First Geothermal-Solar Power Plant opens in Nevada

Back in 2009, as part of Obamas goal to expand domestic renewable energy sources, the Stillwater geothermal power plant was built in Fallon, Nevada, one of several areas in Utah and Nevada identified for geothermal development.Initially the plant had a generation capacity of 33 MW, but just recently Enel Green Power, the renewable energy arm of the Italian, Enel Group, constructed 89,000 polycrystalline photovoltaic panels at the site adding an extra 26 MW of solar generating capacity. Stillwater is now the world’s first ever geothermal-solar…Read more...

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