NEVADA - EXISTING
POWER PLANTS - RICHARD BURDETT (FORMERLY GALENA 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
Ormat
Reno
2005
Air cooled Binary
2 x 15 MW
NA
26
20
89511
Unique information:
This plant was the first constructed in Nevada under the Nevada RPS legislation. It is the first new plant built in Nevada in more than a decade. In honor of Governor Kenny Guinn’s late energy advisor, Richard “Dick” Burdette Jr., the plant was renamed.
Richard Burdett is part of Ormat’s Steamboat Complex, which includes the following geothermal plants: Steamboat 1, Steamboat 1A, Steamboat 2, Steamboat 3, Richard Burdette, Steamboat Hills, Galena 2, and Galena 3.