Two companies are being recognized by a trade association for overcoming obstacles to build an expensive geothermal power plant in Utah.
The Geothermal Energy Association is giving an award to developer ENEL Green Power North America and manufacturer Ormat Technologies Inc. for taking over the old Cove Fort power plant site north of Beaver.
It was once operated by the Utah Municipal Power Association. The developer built a new generating station in a better location over the same geothermal field and is producing 25 megawatts of power. It plans to expand further the plant to achieve 65 megawatts of total power.
Rocky Mountain Power also operates a geothermal plant near Milford. The 23-megawatt Blundell geothermal plant has been producing power since 1984.
