North Brawley Geothermal Power Plant

General Information
Name	North Brawley Geothermal Power Plant
Facility	North Brawley
Sector	Geothermal energy
Location Information
Location	Imperial Valley, California
Coordinates	33° 0' 54.17", -115° 32' 32.16"Show Map Loading map... {"type":"ROADMAP","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":14,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"mylocation":false,"mylocationfollow":false,"mylocationzoom":-1,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":33.015046,"lon":-115.542267,"icon":""}]} Hide Map
Geothermal Resource Area	North Brawley Geothermal Area
Geothermal Region	Gulf of California Rift ZoneProperty "GeothermalRegion" (as page type) with input value "Gulf of California Rift Zone" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.
Plant Information
Facility Type	Binary Cycle Power Plant
Owner	Ormat
Developer	Ormat
Energy Purchaser	Southern California Edison
Number of Units	5
Commercial Online Date	2010
Power Plant Data
Type of Plant
Number of Generating Units	5 ^[1]
Operating Hours
Power Capacity
Installed Capacity (MW) (aka Total Generator Nameplate Capacity (Rated Power))	5050 MW <br />50,000 kW <br />50,000,000 W <br />50,000,000,000 mW <br />0.05 GW <br /> ^[1]
Generating Capacity (MW)	3333 MW <br />33,000 kW <br />33,000,000 W <br />33,000,000,000 mW <br />0.033 GW <br /> ^[1]
Avg. Annual Gross Operating Capacity(MW)	35 ^[2]
Summer Peak Net Capacity (MW)
Winter Peak Net Capacity (MW)
Avg. Annual Generation/Consumption
Gross Generation (MWh)
Generation Delivered to Grid (MWh)
Plant Parasitic Consumption (MWh)
Well-Field Parasitic Consumption (MWh)
Well Field
Number of Production Wells (total)
Number of Injection Wells (total)
Avg. Well Depth (m)
Geofluid/Geosteam flow rate into plant
Average Temp of Geothermal Fluid into plant (°F)	520 ^[3]
Development Area (km2)
Average Water Use	Gross	Consumed
Total Water Use, various processes (af/day)
Daily Operation Water Use (af/day)
Well Field Water Use (af/day)
Cooling Tower Water use (annual average) (af/day)
Cooling Tower Water use (summer average) (af/day)
Cooling Tower Water use (winter average) (af/day)
Types of Water

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Ormat Technologies Inc.. Ormat Technologies Inc. Ormat Technologies, Inc. Announces a Non-Cash Pre-Tax Charge for Impairment to Its North Brawley Geothermal Power Plant [Internet]. [updated 2013;cited 2013]. Available from: http://www.ormat.com/news/latest-items/ormat-technologies-inc-announces-non-cash-pre-tax-charge-impairment-its-north-braw
↑ Giza Singer Even. North Brawley Power Plant Asset Impairment Analysis [Internet]. 2012. [updated 2012/01/01;cited 2012/01/01]. Available from: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1296445/000119312512118396/d316623dex991.htm
↑ Whitescarver, Olin D.. 1984. Development Operations Hypersaline Geothermal Brine Utilization Imperial County, California. (!) : U.S. Department of Energy. Report No.: N/A.

[Ormat_Technologies_Inc._Ormat_Technologies,_Inc._Announces_a_Non-Cash_Pre-Tax_Charge_for_Impairment_to_Its_North_Brawley_Geothermal_Power_Plant-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Ormat Technologies Inc.. Ormat Technologies Inc. Ormat Technologies, Inc. Announces a Non-Cash Pre-Tax Charge for Impairment to Its North Brawley Geothermal Power Plant [Internet]. [updated 2013;cited 2013]. Available from: http://www.ormat.com/news/latest-items/ormat-technologies-inc-announces-non-cash-pre-tax-charge-impairment-its-north-braw

[North_Brawley_Power_Plant_Asset_Impairment_Analysis-2] Giza Singer Even. North Brawley Power Plant Asset Impairment Analysis [Internet]. 2012. [updated 2012/01/01;cited 2012/01/01]. Available from: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1296445/000119312512118396/d316623dex991.htm

[Development_Operations_Hypersaline_Geothermal_Brine_Utilization_Imperial_County,_California-3] Whitescarver, Olin D.. 1984. Development Operations Hypersaline Geothermal Brine Utilization Imperial County, California. (!) : U.S. Department of Energy. Report No.: N/A.

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