A project in the US hopes to combine solar power with geothermal power generation.
The solar array at Patua, about 40 miles east of Reno, Nevada, sits next to a geothermal production plant to take advantage of solar’s peak performance periods at times when the geothermal is comparatively less efficient – during the daytime and summer
While not the first, the project is thought to be the biggest of its kind.
Salt Lake City, Cyrq Energy, a renewable-energy developer and owner focusing on geothermal energy, is the project’s owner-operator.
SolarWorld Americas Inc., the largest U.S. crystalline-silicon solar manufacturer for more than 42 years, has supplied 14.2 megawatts DC of its high-performance solar panels for the project.
Hunt Electric Co., headquartered in Salt Lake City, provided engineering, procurement and construction for the project.
Energy production goes to Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).
“SolarWorld is proud to see our solar panels contributing to another innovation in the renewable-energy world,” said Shane Messer, SolarWorld Americas’ vice president for sales and marketing. “This project demonstrates that solar and geothermal are naturally fit to work together.”
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