Ormat Technologies commissions two OREG 2 project power plants

[Fledermaus]

Geothermal energy company Ormat Technologies has announced that two of the four power plants in the OREG 2 recovered energy generation project have reached commercial operation in December 2008 and January 2009, respectively.

According to Ormat, the project consists of four power plants that will have a net capacity of 5.5MW each and will convert the recovered waste heat from the exhaust of existing gas turbines at compressor sites into electricity. The remaining two facilities are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2009.

The output supplied from the two facilities will be sold to Basin Electric Power Cooperative (BEPC) of Bismarck, North Dakota and will bring the total owned generating capacity of Ormat's REG portfolio to 33MW.

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