53rd largest plant in Nevada · 3402nd nationally
Patua Acquisition Project, Llc is a geothermal power plant in Nevada with a nameplate capacity of 58.6 MW. It generates roughly 137.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 13,055 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 27% reflects intermittent or peaking operation.
| Plant Name | Patua Acquisition Project, Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Patua Acquisition Company, Llc |
| City | Hazen |
| County | Churchill County |
| State | Nevada |
| ZIP | 89408 |
| Coordinates | 39.58583, -119.07306 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geothermal | Geothermal | 16.0 MW | Operating | 2013 |
| 3 | Geothermal | Geothermal | 16.0 MW | Operating | 2013 |
| 5 | Geothermal | Geothermal | 16.0 MW | Operating | 2013 |
| PV-01 | Solar Photovoltaic | Solar | 10.6 MW | Operating | 2017 |
| NERC Region | WECC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Nevada Power Company |
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.