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) |
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