Svartsengi

In close proximity to the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, the main tourist attraction in Iceland, which runs on waste water from the geothermal power plant. On the plant site, the company Carbon Recycling International is currently working on a new technology for converting CO2 emissions from the plant into methanol fuel

Owner: HS Orka
Capacity: 74.4 MWe
Start of operation: 1977
Location: South-west Iceland
Supply: Heat and electricity
Turbines: 1x6 MW backpressure Fuji Electric, 7x1.2 MWe binary Ormat 2x30 MW, 2x 30 MW single-flash Fuji Electric
Wells: 24 wells (average depth 1,200m, 11 production, 2 injection wells)