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Title: Honey Lake Hybrid Power Plant Project. Volume 1. Executive summary

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6912194· OSTI ID:6912194

A technical and economic feasibility study of the engineering aspects of a hybrid wood-fired geothermal electrical generating plant is presented. The proposed plant location is in Lassen County, California, near the Wendel Amedee Known Geothermal Resource Area. This power plant uses moderate temperature geothermal fluid to augment the heat supplied from a wood waste fired boiler. This report defines major plant systems for implementation into the plant conceptual design and provides sufficient design information for development of budgetary cost estimates. Emphasis is placed on incorporation of geothermal heat into the power generation process. Plant systems are designed and selected based on economic justification and on proven performance. The culminating economic analysis provides the financial information to establish the incentives for construction of the plant. The study concludes that geothermal energy and energy from wood can be combined in a power generating plant to yield attractive project economics.

Research Organization:
Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc., Boise, ID (USA); International Engineering Co., Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
FG03-79ET27244
OSTI ID:
6912194
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/27244-T5-Vol.1; ON: DE87002205
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English