Caithness Energy

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Caithness Energy, LLC
Caithness
Company typePrivately held company
Industry Energy Industry
Founded1964;61 years ago (1964)
Headquarters
Red Bank, New Jersey
Website https://caithnessenergy.com/

Caithness Energy, LLC (Caithness) is a privately held independent power producer in the United States. Established in 1964, its business operations have shifted over time, currently focused on the development, acquisition, operation, and management of power generation assets. Corporate offices are currently in Red Bank, New Jersey. [1]

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Caithness claims involvement in developing and operating some of the largest geothermal, solar, and wind projects in North America. [1]

History

c. 1964, Caithness’s initial strategy was natural resource exploration (e.g., gold, silver, oil and gas). [2]

c. 1980’s, focus was on exploration of domestic geothermal sources to pair with development of electric generating plants. Primary geothermal projects were the 240 MW Coso Geothermal Project in California, the 60 MW Dixie Valley and 17 MW Steamboat Springs Geothermal Projects in Nevada. [2]

c. 1990s, Caithness stayed the power industry, expanding into renewable wind and solar power, and simple and combined-cycle natural-gas powered generating facilities. [2]

In 2007, Caithness sold a portion of its power plant portfolio to Arclight Capital Partners, which renamed the portfolio Terra-Gen Power. Caithness has since refocused efforts on environmentally progressive fossil fuel projects and renewable power (wind, solar, and geothermal) projects. [2]

Operations

Some of its planned, current, and former facilities include: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". caithnessenergy.com. Caithness Energy, L.L.C. 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Our History". caithnessenergy.com. Caithness Energy, L.L.C. 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Projects Map – Caithness Energy, L.L.C." www.caithnessenergy.com. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  4. ↑ "$1.6B financing obtained for Guernsey Power Station". The Daily Jeffersonian. 2019-08-30. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  5. ↑ Cocklin, James (2019-09-04). "Massive Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Moving Forward in Ohio". Natural Gas Intelligence. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  6. ↑ GARABRANDT, KRISTI R. (2020-05-01). "'We got plenty of local help': Local laborers protest out-of-state workers at power plant". The Daily Jeffersonian. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  7. ↑ Grant, Julie (2020-12-28). "An Ohio couple eyed retirement and their racehorses. Then a natural gas power plant moved in, and it all changed". StateImpact Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  8. ↑ "Siemens selected for Long Island NGCC plant". Power Engineering. 2007-02-21. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  9. ↑ Petroski, Alex (2018-07-09). "Brookhaven mulls new Yaphank plant amid LIPA legal battle". TBR News Media. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  10. ↑ Karp, Erika (2015-05-08). "Community clashes over Caithness proposal". TBR News Media. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  11. ↑ "State Supreme Court Dismisses Village of Port Jefferson Lawsuit Against Caithness II Power Plant Project and Brookhaven IDA". Caithness Long Island. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  12. ↑ Petroski, Alex (2018-07-24). "Another hurdle arises in Caithness II power plant quest". TBR News Media. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  13. ↑ Harrington, Mark (2018-08-16). "Caithness, stymied, sued PSEG". Newsday. pp. A12. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  14. ↑ Smith, Andrew Coffman (2018-08-21). "Caithness Energy suit claims PSEG blocked Long Island gas-fired power project". S&P Global. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  15. ↑ "Oregon wind farm could be world's largest". Portland Business Journal . July 28, 2008. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  16. ↑ Holman, James (August 11, 2008). "Wind farms whip up health fears for Oregon residents near turbines". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  17. ↑ Yousuf, Hibah (December 10, 2009). "GE to supply world's largest wind farm". CNNMoney.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  18. ↑ Cockle, Richard (March 26, 2009). "Oregon wind farms whip up noise, health concerns". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  19. ↑ "World's largest wind farm coming to Oregon". Portland Business Journal. December 10, 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  20. ↑ Witkowski, Wallace (18 April 2011). "Google, others invest $500 mln in GE wind farm". MarketWatch . Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  21. ↑ "Shepherds Flat wind farm opens Saturday in eastern Oregon". The Oregonian. September 21, 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  22. ↑ "Geothermal California" (PDF). GRC Bulletin. Geothermal Resources Council. September 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  23. ↑ Benoit, Dick (2014). "The Long-Term Performance of Nevada Geothermal Projects Utilizing Flash Plant Technology" (PDF). GRC Transactions. 38: 977–984.
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