Blundell Geothermal Power Plant, Beaver County, Utah [156]

Request Archival File or Update Item Information
Title Blundell Geothermal Power Plant, Beaver County, Utah [156]
Photo Number P0206add2n02_01_007
Description Scan of a photo of the interior of the Blundell Geothermal Plant
Date 1982; 1983; 1984
Textual Date 1982-1984
Keywords Rocky Mountain Power; Blundell; Geothermal; Power; Utah; Utah Power and Light
Subject Geothermal power plants--Utah--Beaver County--Photographs; Geothermal resources--Utah--Beaver County--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Roosevelt Hot Springs (Utah); Beaver County (Utah)
Latitude 38.488611
Longitude -112.85278
Additional Information The Blundell Geothermal Power Plant, located about 15 miles northeast of Milford in Beaver County, Utah, is fueled by hot underground water in the Roosevelt Hot Springs geothermal field. Phillips Petroleum Company began to develop this resource in 1975, and signed a development agreement with Utah Power & Light (now PacifiCorp) in 1980. The reservoir temperatures range between 464 and 514°F. Blundell Unit 1, a single-flash system, came online in 1984 as the first commercial geothermal plant in the US outside California. Blundell Unit 2 entered service in 2007, using the spent geothermal fluid from Unit 1 as a heat source. Unit 3, a dual-flash system south of Units 1 and 2, began development in 2007 and when finished should bring the overall net capacity of the Blundell complex to in excess of 60 megawatts. Originally called the Roosevelt Hot Springs Power Plant, it was dedicated on October 24, 1984 and named in honor of Harry Blundell, then President and CEO of Utah Power & Light. The public was invited to an open house at the plant during Oct. 25 through 27
Collection Number and Name P0206 Rocky Mountain Power Company Photograph Collection
Collection Name Rocky Mountain Power Company
Rights
Type Image
Finding Aid https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv479461
Digitization Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 400dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF.
ARK ark:/87278/s69k531r
Setname uum_map
ID 986004
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69k531r
Back to Search Results