EGP-NA began operation of the Stillwater Solar Geothermal Hybrid Project in December 2011; the company’s first solar facility. The plant, located in Fallon, Nevada, has an installed capacity of 26 MW and will generate around 40 million kWh of clean energy annually, enough to meet the electricity needs of 4,000 American households as well as avoid the emission of more than 20,000 metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year.
Stillwater Solar is the first renewable energy hybrid project in the world that combines the continuous generation capacity of binary-cycle, medium-enthalpy geothermal power with the peak capacity of solar power. The combination of both renewable technologies not only improves the electrical production profile but also allows for the use of the same infrastructures, thus reducing the environmental impact.
