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Welcome to The Geysers
In the Mayacamas Mountains, located north of San Francisco, naturally occurring steam field reservoirs below the earth's surface are being harnessed by Calpine to make clean, green, renewable energy for homes and businesses across Northern California.
The Geysers, comprising 45 square miles along the Sonoma and Lake County border, is the largest complex of geothermal power plants in the world. Calpine, the largest geothermal power producer in the U.S., owns and operates 15 power plants at The Geysers with a net generating capacity of about 725 megawatts of electricity - enough to power 725,000 homes, or a city the size of San Francisco.
The Geysers meets the typical power needs of Sonoma, Lake, and Mendocino counties, as well a portion of the power needs of Marin and Napa counties. In fact, The Geysers satisfies nearly 60 percent of the average electricity demand in the North Coast region from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border. The Geysers is one of the most reliable energy sources in California delivering extremely high availability and on-line performance and accounts for one-fifth of the green power produced in California.
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Public Meeting Notice:
Calpine Corporation will hold a public informational meeting to report progress on construction of the U.S. Department of Energy’s and Calpine’s Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) Demonstration Project currently underway at The Geysers.
Date:
November 4, 2 p.m.
Location:
Calpine Geothermal Visitors Center
15500 Central Park Road
Middletown, California 95461
For more information about the public meetings: 707-987-4270 or CGVC@calpine.com, or click here to view the program presentation.
Visit the Geothermal Technologies Program website at www.geothermal.energy.gov for more information on the program, EGS and existing EGS sites.
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