Raser Technologies Inaugurates Utah Geothermal Plant with Advanced Technology That Can Make Geothermal a Major Source of the U.S. Energy Supply

Raser Technologies, Inc., a leader in geothermal power generation, inaugurated late yesterday its first commercial-scale power plant, in Beaver County, Utah, demonstrating the viability of advanced technology that can make geothermal a major price-competitive resource for this country’s energy supply. The plant’s output has already been committed to supply electricity to Anaheim. The company noted that the Beaver County plant, called Thermo, was... Read more..

Prudential Capital Group Joins Syndicate in Raser’s Thermo Project Financing

Raser Technologies, Inc. announced that Prudential Capital Group, an institutional investment division of Prudential Financial, Inc., purchased the permanent debt financing for Raser’s 10 megawatt (MW) Thermo geothermal power project near Beaver, Utah, from the original project financier. The approximately $31 million of non-recourse debt financing helped construct the Thermo geothermal power plant which completed major construction elements last... Read more..

Raser Technologies Adds 20,000 Acres to Its Thermo Resource Portfolio

Raser Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed three new lease agreements covering more than 20,000 acres of geothermal, surface and other rights near its existing Thermo resource in Beaver County, Utah. The signing of these three leases increases Raser’s total holdings in the Thermo area to over 50,000 acres. Raser recently released the results of a report prepared by the prominent geothermal consulting firm, GeothermEx Inc., which concluded... Read more..