Chapter 17
Heber Binary Plants, Imperial Valley, California, USA
“Hitch your engine to a volcano, not a live, active volcano, but one that has simmered down after a few hundred or a few thousand centuries and now contents itself with spouting up steam.”
Warren Bishop – October 1921
Heber, a town in Imperial Valley, California, is home to two geothermal power stations. Heber was first explored as an oil and gas prospect, but two wells drilled in 1972 confirmed the existence of a liquid-dominated, moderate-temperature, low-salinity reservoir. The chapter discusses the development ...
Get Geothermal Power Plants, 3rd Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
