Not that it wasn’t expected, but it’s always nice for a developer to report that they’ve hit steam while drilling. Western GeoPower is developing the old Unit 15 site at the Geysers. According to their release, they’ve reached a depth of 2,150m (~7,000′) and are able to produce 63,500kg/hour (~140,000lb/hour) of steam.

The well is not yet complete, its planned depth is 3,350m (~11,000′) and it is hoped that each well in the field will produce in excess of 3MWe.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 10:54 am and is filed under Geothermal.