McGinness Hills Geothermal Complex
| McGinness Hills Geothermal Complex | |
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| Official name | McGinness Hills Geothermal Complex |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Lander County, Nevada |
| Coordinates | 39°35′21″N 116°54′42″W / 39.58917°N 116.91167°WCoordinates: 39°35′21″N 116°54′42″W / 39.58917°N 116.91167°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | Unit 1: July 2012 Unit 2: July 2012 Unit 3: 20 December 2018 |
| Owner(s) | Ormat |
| Operator(s) | Ormat |
| Geothermal power station | |
| Type | Binary cycle[1] |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 x 45 MW 1 x 48 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 138 MW[2][3] |
| Annual net output | 771 GWh (2018) [4][5] |
The McGinness Hills Geothermal Complex is a complex of 3 geothermal power stations located in a valley between the Toiyabe Range and Simpson Park Range in Lander County, Nevada. It is the largest geothermal complex in Nevada and the fourth largest in the United States.
The complex consists of two 45 MW geothermal power stations that were commissioned in July 2012, as well as a third 48 MW geothermal power station that was commissioned on 20 December 2018.[2] The entire complex is owned by Ormat.[3]
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- ^ Nordquist, Josh; Delwiche, Ben (2013). "the McGinness Hills Geothermal Project" (PDF). geothermal-library.org. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Richter, Alexander (December 20, 2018). "48 MW McGinness Hills Phase 3 geothermal plant starts operation in Nevada". ThinkGeoEnergy. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Ormat Technologies Inc. - Ormat Technologies Inc. - Global Projects". www.ormat.com. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
- ^ "Electricity Data Browser - McGinness Hills". www.eia.gov. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Electricity Data Browser - McGinness Hills 3". www.eia.gov. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
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