Bill Lajousky is a Professional Engineer with executive-level experience in the geothermal industry and a lifelong career in power generation. His expertise spans steam turbine power plants—including geothermal, fossil-fueled, and nuclear—as well as metallurgical mining, processing, and environmental controls.
Bill’s extensive background includes managing plant operations and maintenance teams, overseeing design and construction projects, and leading senior company operations. He has also directed geothermal subsurface teams focused on resource modeling, chemistry analysis, and drilling and testing operations.
With more than 30 years of professional experience in the geothermal industry, Bill has held leadership roles across the United States and internationally. His career highlights include serving as Senior Vice President for a developing geothermal company, General Manager and Chief of Operations for two of the largest geothermal facilities in the world (totaling approximately 900 MW in the Philippines and Indonesia), and Project Director for a 450 MW geothermal facility in California.
Bill’s technical experience covers all major geothermal power cycles, including liquid-dominated (single to four-flash systems), dry steam fields, binary power cycles, and advanced solids handling and hydrogen sulfide abatement systems. He also contributed to the world’s first commercial-level geothermal metallurgical mining processes involving ion exchange, solvent extraction, electrowinning, and smelting.
Before entering the geothermal industry, Bill served nine years in the U.S. Nuclear Navy as a Naval Officer in the Nuclear Submarine Force and later as a staff engineer at a 1,000 MW nuclear facility.
Bill graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and holds a Professional Engineer license.