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Location Plant Name Steamboat 1 Operator Ormat Nevada Inc City Reno County Washoe County State Nevada ZIP 89521 Coordinates 39.39390, -119.75370
Generators (7) ID Technology Fuel Capacity Status Online OE11 Geothermal Geothermal 1.2 MW Retired 1986 OE12 Geothermal Geothermal 1.2 MW Retired 1986 OE13 Geothermal Geothermal 1.2 MW Retired 1986 OE14 Geothermal Geothermal 1.2 MW Retired 1986 OE21 Geothermal Geothermal 1.2 MW Retired 1986 OE22 Geothermal Geothermal 1.2 MW Retired 1986 OE23 Geothermal Geothermal 1.2 MW Retired 1986
Grid context NERC Region WECC Balancing Authority Nevada Power Company
What this means 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.