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Nevada power plant first in world with solar-geothermal mix
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NEVADA_GEOTHERMAL_ITALY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT[font face=Serif]Mar 29, 7:07 PM EDT
[font size=5]Nevada power plant first in world with solar-geothermal mix[/font]
By SCOTT SONNER
Associated Press
[font size=3] STILLWATER, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada's governor, the premier of Italy and the director of the U.S. Energy Department's renewable energy labs on Tuesday formally dedicated the final piece of the only hybrid power plant in the world producing renewable energy by combining geothermal with two kinds of solar power.
The Stillwater Hybrid Power Plant built by a U.S. subsidiary of an Italian company produces energy more efficiently through a complementary operation that relies on solar panels and a new solar thermal operation on the sunniest and hottest days when geothermal production is lower than average, company officials said.
"The lessons we are learning at this advanced geothermal-solar facility will be key to the development of other hybrid plants throughout the world," said Francesco Starace, CEO of the Rome-based Enel.
Marin Keller, director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, said the cutting-edge technology is one of the "underpinnings of the future of clean energy." He said it will help the U.S. government meet commitments it outlined at climate talks in Paris in November to "dramatically accelerate the pace of energy technology innovation."
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[font size=5]Nevada power plant first in world with solar-geothermal mix[/font]
By SCOTT SONNER
Associated Press
[font size=3] STILLWATER, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada's governor, the premier of Italy and the director of the U.S. Energy Department's renewable energy labs on Tuesday formally dedicated the final piece of the only hybrid power plant in the world producing renewable energy by combining geothermal with two kinds of solar power.
The Stillwater Hybrid Power Plant built by a U.S. subsidiary of an Italian company produces energy more efficiently through a complementary operation that relies on solar panels and a new solar thermal operation on the sunniest and hottest days when geothermal production is lower than average, company officials said.
"The lessons we are learning at this advanced geothermal-solar facility will be key to the development of other hybrid plants throughout the world," said Francesco Starace, CEO of the Rome-based Enel.
Marin Keller, director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, said the cutting-edge technology is one of the "underpinnings of the future of clean energy." He said it will help the U.S. government meet commitments it outlined at climate talks in Paris in November to "dramatically accelerate the pace of energy technology innovation."
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