UTILIZED SOFTWARE

AutoPIPE

LOCATION

Dominica, United States

ORGANIZATION

Ormat Technologies

Ormat Technologies' $65 million Roseau Valley Geothermal Project is delivering a 10MW net power plant in Dominica to supply ~50% of the island's peak electricity demand, accelerating its transition toward 100% renewable energy by 2030. This initiative replaces expensive diesel generation with clean, resilient power. The project's success relied on an integrated digital workflow using Bentley Leapfrog for 3D conceptual geomodeling and Volsung for complex reservoir-to-surface flow simulation. Crucially, the team dynamically linked Volsung outputs to AutoPIPE for pipeline stress analysis, ensuring structural integrity in challenging terrain. This digital approach saved at least 660 engineering hours (a 25% reduction in Balance of Plant (BOP) design), resulted in over $260,000 in material and design savings, and reduced the risk of needing additional wells, which would have cost over $10 million each.