CALIFORNIA - EXISTING POWER PLANTS - MAMMOTH PACIFIC I
Owner
Location
Start Year
Type of Plant
# of Units
Name Plate
Capacity MW
Annual Ave
Gross Capacity MW
Annual Ave Net
Capacity MW
Zip Code
Constellation Power
and Ormat
Sierra Nevada Mtns-Mono
1984
Binary
4
10
10
10
93546
Unique Information:
The Mammoth Pacific Power Plants, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, are fueled by
geothermal brine from the Casa Diablo Hot Springs. Mammoth Pacific I was built in 1984
and generates10 megawatts. The two other projects were built in 1990 and generate 15 megawatts.
The power from all three projects is sold to Southern California Edison. The projects consist of
12 production wells and 8 injection wells. A total of eight single-stage, radial-flow gas
expanders are used.