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Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant

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Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant
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The Svartsengi Power Station is a geothermal power plant, which is located in the Svartsengi geothermal field, about four km north of Grindavík, approximately 20 km SE of Keflavík International Airport and 45 km from Reykjavík. The electric power station was built in 1976 by the subsidiary of Alterra Power, HS Orka and it was the world´s first geothermal power plant for electric power generation and hot water production for district heating. The power station, which consists of an area of 150 ha, was constructed in six sequent phases , in each phase they built a new power plant, so the generation capacity increased to 150 MWth for the district heating and the nameplate capacity to 75 MW for electricity power.Since the Svartsengi Power Station is the only heating system for the local district on the Reykjanes Peninsula, which pipes hot geothermal water to more than 21,000 households, it is considered one of the most important heating plants.This Geothermal Power Plant does not only produce hot water and energy, it also produces spin-offs: One of these side product is one of Iceland´s popular bathing resort, the Blue Lagoon and another spin off is the first renewable methanol plant Carbon Recycling International.
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