The West Ford Flat power plant is one of 21 power plants at The Geysers The Geysers, a geothermal power field located 72 miles (116 km) north of San Francisco, California, is the largest geothermal development in the world. It is currently outputting over 750 MW.[1] The Geysers consists of 21 separate power plants that utilize steam from more than 350 producing wells.[2] The Calpine Corporation operates and owns 19 of the 21 facilities. The other two facilities are operated by the Northern California Power Agency. Krafla Geothermal Station in northeast Iceland Geothermal power is the use of geothermal heat to generate electricity. ...
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The Geysers geothermal development spans an area of around 30 square miles (78 km2) in Sonoma and Lake counties in California, located in the Mayacamas Mountains. Power from The Geysers provides electricity to Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Marin, and Napa counties. It is estimated that the development meets 60 percent of the power demand for the coastal region between the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oregon state line.[1] The Mayacamas Mountains are located in northwestern California in the United States. ...
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Official language(s) (none)[1] Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area Ranked 9th - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²) - Width 260 miles (420 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 2. ...
Steam used at the Geysers is produced from a greywacke sandstone reservoir, that is capped by a hetrogeneous mix of low permeability rocks and underlaid by a Felsite intrusion.[3] Gravity and seismic studies suggest that the source of heat for the steam reservoir is a large magma chamber over 4 miles (7 km) beneath the ground, and greater than 8 miles (14 km) in diameter. [4] Greywacke (German grauwacke, signifying a grey, earthy rock) is a variety of sandstone generally characterized by its hardness, dark color, and poorly-sorted, angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments set in a compact, clay-fine matrix. ...
Felsite is a very fine to cryptocrystalline igneous rock that may or may not contain larger crystals, called phenocrysts, that are typical of many porphyritic igneous rocks. ...
Devils Tower, an igneous intrusion exposed when the surrounding softer rock eroded away. ...
Magma is molten rock located beneath the surface of the Earth (or any other terrestrial planet), and which often collects in a magma chamber. ...
Unlike most geothermal resources, the Geysers is a dry steam field, which means it mainly produces superheated steam. Because the power plant turbines require a vapor phase input, dry steam resources are generally preferable. Otherwise, a two-phase separator is required between the turbine and the geothermal wells to remove condensation that is produced with the steam. See superheater for the device used in steam engines. ...
History The Geysers was first discovered in 1847 during John Fremont's survey of the Sierra Mountains and the Great Basin by William Bell Elliot. Elliot called the area "The Geysers," although the geothermal features he discovered were not technically geysers, but fumaroles. Soon after, in 1852, The Geysers was developed into a spa for The Geysers Resort Hotel, which attracted the likes of Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, and Mark Twain.[5] John C. Frémont John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813-July 13, 1890), birth name John Charles Fremon [Harvey, p. ...
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Drainage map showing the Great Basin in orange Various Definitions of the Great Basin (NPS) The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States. ...
Clepsydra Geyser in Yellowstone A geyser is a special type of hot spring that erupts periodically, ejecting a column of hot water and steam into the air. ...
Sulfur deposits near a fumarole A fumarole (Latin fumus, smoke) is an opening in Earths (or any other astronomical bodys) crust, often in the neighborhood of volcanoes, which emit steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, hydrochloric acid, and hydrogen sulfide. ...
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Krafla Geothermal Station in northeast Iceland Geothermal power is the use of geothermal heat to generate electricity. ...
References - ^ a b Calpine Corporation - The Geysers (http). Retrieved on 2007-05-16.
- ^ The Geysers (brochure), Calpine Corporation, 2004.
- ^ RESERVOIR RESPONSE TO INJECTION IN THE SOUTHEAST GEYSERS, 1991 (pdf) Steve Enedy, Kathy Enedy, John Maney, Sixteenth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering 1991. (accessed 2007-05-16)
- ^ Cascades Volcanic Observatory (USGS) - Clear Lake Volcanic Field, California (http). Retrieved on 2007-05-16.
- ^ A History of Geothermal Energy in the United States (http). Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
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