Fort Nelson provides progress update on Tu Deh-Kah geothermal project, Canada
Rig operations at the site of the Tu Deh-Kah geothermal project in British Columbia, Canada (source: Tu Deh-Kah geothermal)
Carlo Cariaga
7 Oct 2024
Additional drilling is planned for the Tu Deh-Kah geothermal power project in BC, Canada towards a target operations date by 2027.
An update on the Tu Deh-Kah geothermal project in British Columbia, Canada, was given by members of the Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN) during a recent community event.
The Tu Deh-Kah geothermal project aims to develop a power plant with a capacity of 7 MWe with possibility of expansion to 15 MWe. The project is located about 14 kilometers southwest of Fort Nelson, at the site of the former Clarke Lake Gas field. Drilling of two wells for the Tu Deh-Kah geothermal project was completed in 2021, and well tests were completed in 2022 with positive results.
“Our tests did indeed show it could deliver 70-80 litres per second of hot brine to the surface and then put it back into the ground,” said Jim Hodgson, the CEO of Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal
Hodgson added that the plan now is for the project to have five to six production wells. This means that additional drilling will be needed. This is expected to commence by the next summer. Meanwhile, a full electricity purchase agreement is expected to be finalized by the end of 2024.
Surface infrastructure is then expected to be in place by 2026, in time for the facility to start operations by 2027. Hodgson also noted that the reservoir has a temperature of 114 to 120 °C, and that the planned power plant will use binary technology.
Previously known as Clarke Lake, the Tu Deh-Kah geothermal project was renamed to better reflect its indigenous nature. Federal funding of CAD 40.5 million was granted for the project in March 2021
Source: Energeticcity.ca
