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Show for pefEMMl Mto geothermal In Utah.The only other commercial electricity electrici-ty produced with geothermal power in the United States is at The Geysers, in California. Cali-fornia. The open house will be hosted by Utah Power and Light, Phillips Petroleum Co., Biphase Energy Systems Sys-tems Institute and Electric Power Research. The days activities will begin at Milford High School at 10:45 a.m. Following a briefing by the participants in the development of Roose velt Springs, Governor Matheson will have a few remarks. Then lunch will be served in the high school gym, by Invitation only, due to limited space. Shortly after noon, guests will board buses to visit the goethermal project. Several entitles are Involved In-volved In the project. The steam is provided by Phillips Petroleum Co.,AMAX,Ther-mal Co.,AMAX,Ther-mal Power and O'Brien Resources. Re-sources. The turbine generator gen-erator was constructed by (Continued on Page 2) State and local dignitaries, as well as geothermal experts ex-perts from all over the world will be on hand Friday; November 20, for an open house of the Roosevelt Springs KGRA andl.6mego-watt andl.6mego-watt Biphase turbine generator, gener-ator, which began proaucing electricity from geothermal fluids two weeks ago. The open house will observe ob-serve the initial electrical production from Roosevelt Springs KGRA0 eleven miles north ofMllfordand the first electricity produced from here's more about Open House eliminating the need for a separator. The steam then can be transported by pipeline to a central steam turbine generator, gen-erator, or smaller turbines can be added to each Biphase to bring the capacity up to 7-10 megawatts dependingon the output of the well. Biphase developers envision en-vision whole geothermal reservoirs of the small plants, with attached steam turbines. They say that If a well goes bad, and quits producing, pro-ducing, that the small plant can be moved on to another well. Plans for Roosevelt Springs reservoir is considered consid-ered on of the best In the world with temperatures over 500 degrees and pressures pres-sures exceeding one and a half million pounds. The geothermal fluid is relatively rela-tively low saline content compared to other known reservoirs. This greatly reduces re-duces maintenance costs. While Roosevelt Springs has struggled since 1974 to reach this first plateau of producing electricity, the discovery well was drilled In 1967, and A.L. McDonald of Milford established grandfather rights on the reservoir. Roosevelt Springs was the first lease of a known geothermal resource re-source in 1974 after the 1970 Geothermal Act was passed. Phillips started drilling in 1975 and brought j in Its first well in April of--1976. Presently there are seven commercial wells in the KGRA. Phillips has done most of the reservoir exploration, ex-ploration, but Thermal Power, AMAX and O'Brine Resources have drilled two commercial wells. Several other companies have holdings hold-ings In or near the established estab-lished reservoir The future of geothermal in Milford is extremely op-timisitic op-timisitic and goes far beyond production of electric power. The future will bring industry in-dustry that can use the heat after electrical power is generated. Industries such as hydroponies, greenhouses, green-houses, gas -o -hoi, and many others. The potential for home heating exists. However, How-ever, present plans will reinject re-inject the geothermal fluids back into the reservoir to prolong the life of the reservoir. Biphase Energy Systems of Santa Monica, California, a joint venture of Research -Cottrell and Transamerica Delaval. Utah Pwer & Light Co.,whlch is actively pursuing pursu-ing supplemental energy resources, re-sources, and will take the' electricity produced v' '' i ' at ; Roosevelt Springs and feed It Into its grid. The Electric Power Research Re-search Institute sponsored the early development of this special turbine concept and is cosponsoring current development de-velopment efforts. EPRI is the research and development develop-ment arm for the electric utility industry. The 1.6 Megawatt Biphase turbine is expected to be the first of many powerplants at Roosevelt Springs. An agreement signed by UP&L and Phillips Petroleum In 1980 calls for construction of a 20 megawatt conventional steam turbine power plant. However, Interest in the Biphase turbine separator is great throughout the industry not only because It can produce pro-duce power directly from the wellhead,but also separates the steam from the brfne, |