Ormat Nevada, a subsidiary of Ormat Technologies, is building the plant in Humboldt County in northern Nevada under a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction contract.

Nevada Geothermal Power (NGP) also has a 20-year power purchase agreement for up to 49.5 MW of geothermal power at Blue Mountain with utility NV Energy.

Wilson Utility Construction is building a 21-mile 120 kilovolt transmission line between the plant and NV Energy’s grid.

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