Trials and Tribulation of the Oregon Institute of Technology Small-Scale Power Plant

摘要

This paper provides information on the trials and tribulations Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) overcame to start producing power on their campus in Klamath Falls, OR. OIT started on their adventure in 2008 to develop a small-scale low-temperature geothermal power plant using its existing geothermal wells. The temperatures of the wells are 192℉ with a maximum flow of 950 gpm. During the course of developing the plant they have encountered many differ aspects of the project from drilling, water rights, Purchase Power Agreement (PPA), interconnection agreement, to incentive forms (Energy Trust of Oregon, Business Energy Tax Credit and Blue Sky grant) that they have never dealt with before. The power plant was completed in February of 2010 and interconnected into the grid in April 2010.