Energy Magazine August 2015 | Page 94

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Committed to energy efficiency
A look inside Polaris geothermal developments
San Jacinto , which had an output of 10 MW , using two turbines of 5 MW each .
In 2010 , the construction of Phase I began with a capacity of 36 MW using Fuji Electric turbines . Two years later , the company started Phase II , generating an additional 36 MW . Phase I reached commercial operation in January 2012 and Phase II was completed in December of the same year .
Polaris is currently working on Phase III , which predicts a total increase of 10 MW using a binary unit with geothermal fluids , these being separated by geothermal steam to power the existing plant , and not requiring any production wells or additional injections , therefore , costs are not expected to increase .
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