AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT – STUDLEY, EFFECTIVE AS OF AUGUST 1, 2007

Exhibit 4.140

	Nevada Geothermal Power Inc.
	Xxxxx 000	Tel: 000-000-0000
	000 Xxxxxxxxx Xx.	Fax: 000-000-0000
	Vancouver, B.C	Toll: 000-000-0000
	Canada VC6 1T2	Web: xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT – XXXXXXX, EFFECTIVE AS OF AUGUST 1, 2007

THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of August 1, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Nevada Geothermal Power Company, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (“Employee”), with reference to the following: THE ABOVE REFERENCED

AGREEMENT IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

1. Clause 4.1(c) is amended as follows: “For a period of up to twenty-our (24) months from August 1, 2007, the Company will pay $1,250.00 towards the cost of interim Vancouver rental accommodation and one half (1/2) the cost of travel between Toronto and Vancouver up to a maximum of $500 per month.”

2. Clause 4.1(d) is amended by extending the period of time for reimbursement of moving expenses to July 31, 2009.

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     In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

NEVADA GEOTHERMAL POWER CO.

Per: Signed

Authorized Signatory: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx

President & CEO

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900 – 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx	)	Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, CFO
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Vancouver, British Columbia	)
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