Bagnore 3

General information about the site
Presentation of the site
Bagnore 3 geothermal power plant (ENEL)
General documentation and bibliography

Barelli, A. et al. A review of the Mt. Amiata geothermal system (Italy). World Geotherm. 25–29 (2010). https://www.geothermal-energy.org/pdf/IGAstandard/WGC/2010/0613.pdf

Country
Italy
Location
Tuscany, Mount Amiata
Exploitation starting date
1998
Current status of the operation
In operation
Use
Electricity production
Type of exploitation
Multiwells
Site operator
Enel Green Power
Information filling date
Surface operation
Production technology
Self-flowing
Electricity energy produced (MW)
20.00
Power generation unit
Single flash
Fluid cooling system
Wet cooling tower
Reservoir / geothermal operations
Use of inhibitors
N
Use of stimulation
N
Surface discharge of geothermal fluids
N
Reservoir characteristics
Depth of top reservoir formation (m b.g.l.)
2500
Average reservoir thickness (m)
600.00
Reservoir temperature (°C)
300.00
Dominant phase of the geothermal resource
Liquid dominated
Geological context
Geological setting
Central Tuscany (IT)
Geological plays
Plutonic (active)
Heat source
Recent pluton intrusion or cooling pluton
Heat transport
Convection
Comments
shallow carbonate and phyllites-micaschists reservoirs
Geological control
Magmatic & hydrothermal circulation
Geological period
Neogene
Lithology
Carbonate
Stratigraphy
Mesozoic and Paleozoic