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The Lighting Dock Geothermal Power Plant is a 4 Mega-Watt power plant in Hidalgo County New Mexico, United States. The plant is located on the east side of Animas Valley and was first designated as a Known Geothermal Resource Area (KGRA) in February 1974.

History of the Site
Producing energy from the site was first attempted in 1982 when Burgett installed a 40 kW and 100 kW plant. These plants would fail soon after operation began. In 1995 Burgett, again attempted to produce geothermal energy from the site, installing a 350 kW plant and two 400 kW plants. Cooling problems ultimately led to these plants failing as well. Lighting Dock Geothermal Inc. received leasing permits for the land in 1986, but site plans never came to fruition. The company was purchased by Cyrq, who began to develop plans to install 10 MW of power by 2014. A 4 MW plant was brought online in Dec. 2013. Currently, wells are being inspected for a planned 6 MW plant to be installed.

Cooling Issues
Many of the planned plants failed because of cooling issues. The mean annual rainfall for the area is just 10.83 inches, making cooling water scarce. Additionally, the average summer temperatures of 78.4° F and winter temperatures of 43.1° F make cooling water a necessity.