The North Brawley plant in California’s Imperial County has encountered delays thanks to high levels of sand in the geothermal fluid. These ‘un-dissolved solids’ are limiting the plant’s capacity; Ormat maintains that the reservoir can support the planned 50MW power plant.
Over the course of 2009, Ormat executives discussed the challenges they faced that North Brawley. Finding un-dissolved solids in geothermal fluid is not unique to this site, Ormat chief operating officer Yoram Bronicki told analysts in May, “but I think that the magnitude is probably unique”.
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