Fish Lake Geothermal is a geothermal power plant in Nevada.
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Annual Generation—EPA eGRID
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Annual CO₂—metric tons
Location
Plant Name
Fish Lake Geothermal
Operator
Fish Lake Geothermal Llc
City
Dyer
County
Esmeralda County
State
Nevada
ZIP
89010
Coordinates
37.86093, -118.03408
Geothermal
Generators (5)
ID
Technology
Fuel
Capacity
Status
Online
FL5
Geothermal
Geothermal
9.0 MW
Planned
—
FL4
Geothermal
Geothermal
6.2 MW
Planned
—
FL3
Geothermal
Geothermal
4.7 MW
Planned
—
FL1
Geothermal
Geothermal
3.3 MW
Planned
—
FL2
Geothermal
Geothermal
3.3 MW
Planned
—
Grid context
NERC Region
WECC
Balancing Authority
Nevada Power Company
About Geothermal plants
Geothermal plants tap heat from underground reservoirs to spin steam turbines. They provide carbon-free baseload power with very high capacity factors, but they only work where hot rock is accessible — primarily in the western U.S.