Nevada Geothermal Power Inc.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (NGP) (TSX.V: NGP, OTCBB: NGLPF) is pleased to announced that its Faulkner 1 power plant at Blue Mountain has been operating continuously since all three power generator units were brought back online on March 5^th. The plant is currently generating between 36 and 38 MW (net).

“We are now producing above the minimum threshold required by our power purchase agreement. With these achievements, we have confidence in our ability to further expand the Blue Mountain property and to execute our plan to begin developing our other properties in Nevada and Oregon this year.”

“We are very pleased with the performance of the plant since its full restart,” stated Brian Fairbank, President and CEO. “We are now producing above the minimum threshold required by our power purchase agreement. With these achievements, we have confidence in our ability to further expand the Blue Mountain property and to execute our plan to begin developing our other properties in Nevada and Oregon this year.”

Senior Debt Financing Update

On March 27^th, an updated GeothermEx resource study on Blue Mountain was submitted to John Hancock Life Insurance as part of their due diligence requirements. The updated report incorporated data from NGP’s most recently completed wells. Given the recent submission of the report, the timeline for completion of the financing has been extended beyond the initial target date of March 31^st. NGP continues to work cooperatively with TCW who have indicated no intention of changing the agreement in principle reached in November 2009.

Well Updates

Construction of the pipeline for injection well 58-11 is in progress and it is expected that the well will be placed into service in April. The well, which is located in a new northern injection zone, is designed to enhance the distribution of injection fluids and supplement overall reservoir pressure support.

Between December 15^th and March 9th, well 44-14 was utilized as a temporary injection well. As a result of stimulation associated with the injection of fluid into 44-14, the well’s permeability increased dramatically. NGP now plans to reconfigure well 44-14 to become a production well and it is estimated that this process will take two to three months to complete.

Well 91-15 is still under development. Over the past two weeks the well’s temperature has risen from about 330° F to 359 ° F. NGP plans to allow the well to heat up further, under static conditions, before conducting further testing and analysis.

About Nevada Geothermal Power Inc.:

Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. is an emerging renewable energy producer and developer focused on producing clean, efficient and sustainable geothermal electric power from high temperature geothermal resources, in the United States. NGP currently owns a 100% leasehold interest in four properties: Blue Mountain, Pumpernickel, Black Warrior, all of which are ideally situated in Nevada, and Crump Geyser, Oregon. These properties are at different levels of exploration and development. NGP estimates a potential of between 150 MW and 300 MW from the current leaseholds.

Nevada Geothermal Power Inc.
Brian D. Fairbank, P. Eng.
President & CEO
http://www.nevadageothermal.com

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