STATISTICS

GEYSERS BY THE NUMBERS

Geothermal – Clean, Reliable,
The Geysers Geothermal Field 2019 Calpine Statistics Renewable, Baseload Power

The Geysers, comprising 45 square miles along the Sonoma and Lake County border, is the largest complex of geothermal
power plants in the world. Today, there are 15 geothermal power plants operating at The Geysers and Calpine Corporation, the
largest geothermal power producer in the U.S., owns and operates 13 power plants with a net generating capacity of about 725
megawatts of electricity - enough to power 725,000 homes, or a city the size of San Francisco.
The Geysers’ 15 Geothermal Power Plants span two Northern California counties, Lake and Sonoma:
• Calpine’s 10 geothermal power plants in Sonoma County: Aidlin, Sonoma, McCabe, Ridge Line; Eagle Rock, Cobb Creek,
Sulphur Springs, Lake View, Socrates, Grant
• Northern California Power Agency’s 2 geothermal power plants in Sonoma County: Unit 1 & Unit 2
• Calpine’s 3 geothermal power plants in Lake County: Calistoga, Big Geysers & Quicksilver

Calpine Geothermal Operations:

• 28,447 Acres (44.5 square miles)
• 13 Geothermal Power Plants
• 80 Miles of Steam Pipelines
• 69 Miles of Injection Waterlines
• 70 Miles of 21kv Power Lines
• Over 167 Miles of Project Roads
• First Commercial Power Plant Online: September 1960
• Most Recent Geothermal Power Plant Built: Aidlin 1989
Geothermal Wells:
• 235 Calpine Steam Wells
• 43 Calpine Injection Wells About Calpine
• Deepest Well: 12,900 feet Calpine Corporation is America’s largest
• Average Well Depth: 8,500 feet generator of electricity from natural gas
• Total Calpine Geysers Wells Drilled to Date: 594 and geothermal resources with operations
• Today’s Average Grassroots Drilling Time: 82 days
in competitive power markets. Our fleet
(75 days drilling + 10 rig up/down)
of 78 power plants in operation or under
• First Exploratory Well Drilled in 1920
• First Modern Well Drilled in 1955
construction represents nearly 26,000
• 2019 Average Steam Production Per Well: 33,151 Pounds per hour megawatts of generation capacity. Through
• Flow Weighted Average Well Head Temperature = 371.8 °F wholesale power operations and our retail
• Flow Weighted Average Well Head Pressure = 81.8 PSIG businesses, we serve customers in 23 states,
• Most Recent Steam Well Drilled/Work Over: Prati 40 on March 11, 2020 Canada and Mexico. Our clean, efficient,
• Most Recent Injection Well Drilled: Prati 15 on July 27, 2019 modern and flexible fleet uses advanced
technologies to generate power in a low-
The Geysers Recycled Water Injection Projects:
carbon and environmentally responsible
• Two Large Scale Projects Daily Average = 15.18 million gallons
manner. We are uniquely positioned to
- Santa Rosa Geysers Recharge Project Average: 11.74 MGD
benefit from the secular trends affecting
- Calpine Southeast Geysers Effluent Pipeline Average: 3.44 MGD
- Calpine + Northern California Power Agency Average: 6.57 MGD
our industry, including the abundant
and affordable supply of clean natural
Calpine’s Power Generation: gas, environmental regulation, aging
• 2019 Average Output: 594.6 Net Megawatts power generation infrastructure and the
• 2019 Generation: 5,208,321 Net Megawatts increasing need for dispatchable power
• 2019 Average Unit Availability: 86.24% plants to successfully integrate intermittent
Visit The Geysers renewables into the grid.
• Visit: Calpine’s Geothermal Visitors Center in Middletown, California
www.calpine.com
Open Wednesdays through Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
www.geysers.com
• Tours: Schedule and Info at www.geysers.com or Call 707-987-4270 March 2020
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