Geothermal Field Trip

Steamboat Springs, NV

April 21, 1997

We visited the flash plant owned by Caithness Power, Inc., and the binary plant owned by SB Geo, Inc.

At the Caithness plant, from left: Ted de Rocher of Caithness, Vinh Phan, Noel Urmeneta, Kim Coffey, Mike Sullera, Malou Guerrero and Jichun Zhu.

The Caithness 12MWe turbine, gearbox and generator.

Well head at Caithness plant.

Overview of Caithness plant.

Two-phase line to field separator.

Overview of SB Geo binary plant.

Heat exchangers (left) and turbine-generator (right) at SB Geo plant.

Shaft-driven pump at SB Geo well. With Bill Price of SB Geo, Inc.