Salt Wells
A 23.6 MW geothermal power plant in CHURCHILL, Nevada, owned by Ormat Salt Wells LLC, commissioned in 2009.
Facility nameplate · EIA Plant ID 57213Geothermal
Nameplate capacity
23.6 MW
Primary fuel
Geothermal
Commissioned
2009
Owner
Ormat Salt Wells LLC
Location
CHURCHILL, Nevada
Coordinates
Generation (2024)
70 GWh
Status
Operating
Technology
Geothermal
Units
2
Reported annual generation
| Year | GWh | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 100 | |
| 2016 | 103.9 | |
| 2017 | 97.1 | |
| 2018 | 98.3 | |
| 2019 | 103.8 | |
| 2020 | 39.4 | |
| 2021 | 62.2 | |
| 2022 | 84.5 | |
| 2023 | 73.2 | |
| 2024 | 70 |
Nearby power plants
| Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Solar PV II | Solar | 20 MW | ~28 km |
| Stillwater Facility | Geothermal | 69.2 MW | ~28 km |
| Soda Lake 3 | Geothermal | 26 MW | ~37 km |
| New Lahontan | Hydroelectric | 4 MW | ~46 km |
| Lahontan | Hydroelectric | 1.8 MW | ~46 km |
| Fort Churchill | Natural Gas | 230 MW | ~52 km |
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