Making use of natural Hot Springs to make electricity is not new. This particular site is new. The sites second well was completed on October 15 and is known as "well NHS-5". U.S. Geothermal initiated the development drilling at Neal Hot Springs located in eastern Oregon.

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"Further definition of the Neal Hot Springs geothermal resource is a significant part of our company's growth plan", said Daniel Kunz, President and CEO. "These drilling programs are expected to maintain our current project development schedule and help define a geothermal reservoir needed to construct a power plant that will deliver 22 megawatts of electricity".
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