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Beowawe

Other power plant · Lander County, Nevada

Nameplate capacity
35 MW
Rank in Nevada
#64
of 117 plants
In service since
2024
June 2024

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Geothermal
Operator
Ormat Nevada Inc
County
Lander County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.18%
Rank among other plants in Nevada
#9 of 29
EIA plant code
10287

Generating units

Individual generating units at Beowawe
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
OEC1Geothermal15 MW10 MW2024Operating
OEC2Geothermal15 MW10 MW2024Operating
BWSOLSolar Photovoltaic5.8 MW5.8 MW2025Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 35 MW solar plant and a 35 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Nevada power plants · What Nevada actually generates