en.Wedoany.com Reported - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved Ormat Nevada Inc.'s construction of the Pearl Geothermal Development Project on BLM-managed public lands in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The project is planned to have a generating capacity of up to 60 megawatts, equivalent to the electricity needs of approximately 50,000 households. The project benefits from a 14-day accelerated environmental review process announced in April 2025, which is part of the Trump administration's "energy emergency" policy.

The environmental assessment is now complete, and the BLM is working with Ormat Nevada to finalize the project's authorization permits. Once permits are issued, Ormat can begin site construction and civil engineering work. The proposed project includes constructing and operating two 30-megawatt power plants equipped with air-cooled condensers, drilling production and injection wells, building access roads, laying geothermal fluid pipelines, constructing auxiliary support facilities, and a 29-mile, 120-kilovolt transmission line. The transmission line requires a right-of-way, for which a separate Plan of Development has been submitted and reviewed by the BLM.

Related documents further detail the drilling plan for the Pearl Geothermal Project. Ormat Nevada proposes adding 10 new well pads to the 17 previously approved well pads. The total number of production and injection wells actually drilled will depend on well productivity.

To date, Ormat Nevada has received approval for multiple geothermal projects under the emergency permitting process of the United States Department of the Interior, including the 30 MW Crescent Valley Project, the Diamond Flat Project, and the Pinto Project.

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