Desert Peak Power Plant
Other power plant · Lyon County, Nevada
Nameplate capacity
26 MW
Rank in Nevada
#71
of 117 plants
In service since
2006
June 2006
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Geothermal
- Operator
- Ormat Nevada Inc
- County
- Lyon County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.14%
- Rank among other plants in Nevada
- #15 of 29
- EIA plant code
- 10018
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN2 | Geothermal | 15 MW | 10 MW | 2006 | Operating |
| OEC2 | Geothermal | 11 MW | 7.3 MW | 2006 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Nevada
| Steamboat II | Other | 26 MW |
| Steamboat III | Other | 26 MW |
| Richard Burdette Geothermal | Other | 26 MW |
| Soda Lake 3 | Other | 26 MW |
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 26 MW solar plant and a 26 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