Goodsprings Waste Heat Recovery Station is a 7.5MW heat recovery system located in

Goodsprings, Nevada Goodsprings is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 229 at the 2010 census. History Named for Joseph Good, whose cattle frequented a spring nestled in the southeastern foothills of the Spring Mou ...

. The plant uses the waste heat generated by the Goodsprings Compressor Station on the

Kern River Pipeline Kern River Pipeline is a long natural gas pipeline line extending from southwestern Wyoming to its terminus near Bakersfield, California. The pipeline supplies local gas distribution companies, power plants, and heavy industry in Utah, Nevada, an ...

to generate electricity. The plant is owned and operated by

NV Energy NV Energy is a public utility which generates, transmits and distributes electric service in northern and southern Nevada, including the Las Vegas Valley, and provides natural gas service in the Reno–Sparks metropolitan area of northern Nevada. ...

and is the first renewable energy plant owned by the company. The plant which cost $22 million was constructed by

Ormat Technologies Ormat Technologies, Inc. is an international company based in Reno, Nevada, United States. Ormat supplies alternative and renewable geothermal energy technology. The company has built over 190 power plants and installed over 3,200 MW. As of J ...

construction began in March 2010 and began operations in November.

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