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Svartsengi Power Station is located in the southwest of Iceland, near the town of Grindavik  and close to Keflavik International Airport . Although it's not usually open to visitors, it is possible to drive past the plant on a  self-drive tour .

The power station utilizes the high-temperature geothermal system in the area by drilling deep into the earth to tap into the geothermal reservoirs where water and steam reach high temperatures.

Geothermal Power

Svartsengi Power Station was built in six phases between the years 1974 to 2008 and was one of the first geothermal power plants in Iceland. The station is divided into six plants, and plans have already been made for a seventh one.

The energy at Svartsengi Power Station measures 76.5 MW, with about 475 liters/second of 194 °F (90 °C) of hot water (ca. 80 MWt).

The Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon , one of Iceland's biggest tourist attractions, has close ties to Svartsengi, as the milky-blue water of the lagoon is actually wastewater from the power station.

The Blue Lagoon was formed in 1976 when runoff water from Svartsengi Power Station began to collect in a pool. Over time, the pool grew and became a popular destination for bathing and relaxing.

The Blue Lagoon is open throughout the year and is popular in every season. It is a great way to start or end a visit to Iceland and is a part of numerous amazing tours.

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While Svartsengi Power Station is usually not open to visitors, the surrounding area of Reykjanes Peninsula has plenty to offer. Plenty of tours are operated in the area, which is known for its harsh and barren beauty. 

After exploring the rugged landscape of Reykjanes, it is recommended to stop by the small fishing town of Grindavik, which is famous for its lobster soup.

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Iceland’s Most Surprising Tourist Attraction? Power Plants.

By Elissa Garay

Rising up from an otherwise desolate stretch of landscape, sinuous plumes of steam signal my arrival at Hellisheiði Power Plant, Iceland’s largest, and very much functioning, geothermal power station.

Touring a power plant might not immediately conjure up thoughts of vacation. But according to a 2016 Gallup poll, nearly half of Iceland's foreign tourists —who quickly learn how much of their itinerary is powered by green energy—have expressed interest in doing just that. And at a time when climate and energy-supply crises have driven up the cost of everything from groceries to airfare, and nations around the globe are clamoring for innovative clean-energy solutions to avert environmental disaster, it’s hard for visitors not to perk up over Iceland’s apparent victory over fossil fuel dependency.

“I was shocked by how easily geothermal and hydroelectric power had been implemented into life and culture,” Samantha Stockley, a 36-year-old nonprofit worker from Oklahoma who recently visited Iceland for the first time, told me. “This trip made me wish Americans had more renewable energy.”

I shared her sentiments. And over the course of my trip, as I learned about the influence of these geothermal and hydroelectric powerhouses—which together supply a staggering  85 percent of the country’s energy needs —I discovered that in fact the country’s sustainable energy landscape affords a tourism circuit all its own.

Iceland’s Ljósafoss Hydropower Station, along the River Sog, is among the power facilities offering visitor exhibits.

Iceland first began its transition to renewable energy in the early 1970s, in an effort to reduce its costly dependence on fossil fuels. Since then, the country has steadily become the world’s largest green energy producer per capita. Nearly 100 percent of its electricity is generated by renewable geothermal and hydroelectric energy, and nine out of 10 homes are heated with geothermal heat piped in from the earth’s interior. That energy is now not only responsible for powering, but producing some of its most popular attractions, including the famed Blue Lagoon , which, buoyed by a wealth of stunning natural sites, as well as affordable flights and stopovers, has handily contributed to the Iceland tourism boom that first began in 2010.

It’s little-known that the site’s milky pools are somewhat man-made—a byproduct of the neighboring Svartsengi geothermal power plant, where in the early 1980s local bathers first discovered the apparent healing properties of the silica-and algae-rich runoff that pooled in a reservoir beside the facility. The site tends to “invite curiosity” about geothermal energy, says Fannar Jonsson, the Blue Lagoon’s quality and environment manager, and the attraction provides interested guests with information both online and on-site about the neighboring geothermal facilities that power it.

“We went to the Blue Lagoon on the first day, and then we went to a local geothermal pool every other day,” says Stockley. The experience was “a highlight of the trip,” she says, and sparked her interest in Iceland’s energy landscape—and in returning to visit lesser-expected sites like Hellisheiði Power Plant.

The plant, which opened in 2006, is about a 25-minute drive southeast of Reykjavik, abutting the moss-slicked slopes of the active Hengill volcano. In this geologically turbulent region, where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, heat generated from underground volcanic activity affords an immense wellspring of energy. Geothermal plants like Hellisheiði are designed to tap it by drilling deep into the Earth’s surface. Underground steam and hot water then generate heat through an extensive network of pipelines, or are converted to electricity using steam turbines. 

You can learn all about this process from the multimedia and interactive installations at the plant’s Geothermal Exhibition, part of the visitor center that was integrated into its initial design. That’s because there was an expectation, according to exhibition manager Laufey Guomundsdottir, that “there would be great interest in being able to see and visit the power plant” from curious visitors, who’d want to “feel and see the power of Mother Nature.” When the plant debuted the exhibit in 2007, it was the first geothermal plant in the world to feature such a display, she says.

The prediction proved accurate: Before the pandemic, the plant pulled in 100,000 visitors each year, a figure to which it is slowly returning. Academics, scientists, business leaders, and policy-makers from around the globe have taken notice, too. On the day I visit, the staff at Hellisheiði is preparing for a delegation of Baltic states’ presidents to arrive. Like me, they’ll peer through the interior windows onto the power plant’s inner mechanisms, where massive turbines roar and churn, and view the display of Icelandic rocks and minerals, some of which were until recently particles of carbon dioxide trapped in the atmosphere. 

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I could have kept my family’s power plant tour going at several other sites, each of which debuted their own visitors centers in the 2010s: at the Krafla geothermal power station in northern Iceland , or the Kárahnjúkar hydropower plant in the eastern highlands, or even the Ljósafoss hydropower station, set along the River Sog, less than 30 miles from Hellisheiði. But instead we continued on to Laugarvatn Fontana, a geothermal spa facility situated along the lakefront in Laugarvatn—where we stopped at the café and discovered that geothermal energy could figure into a menu, too.

Baking with the earth’s natural heat was one of the first ways Icelanders began harnessing the geothermal power beneath their feet. It’s a technique that’s persevered at spots like Laugarvatn Fontana, which hosts tours of its geothermal bakery, where loaves of rye bread, known as hverabrauð, or hot spring bread, are baked for 24 hour-periods beneath volcanic black sand. This slow-cooking method can be found in other southern Iceland kitchens, particularly in the geothermally active town of Hveragerði, where hverabrauð sandwiches feature on the bakery menu, and at the geothermally powered Ölverk Pizza & Brewery, which has been serving up local brews since 2017.

Known as the greenhouse capital of Iceland , Hveragerði is part of a region that was once an agricultural wasteland, thanks to its barren lava landscapes and colder climes. But over the past century, it has grown to accommodate a gaggle of greenhouses, where farmers use geothermally powered heating and lights to turn out a year-round supply of fruits, vegetables, and flowers.

In collaboration with the neighboring Hellisheiði Power Plant, the Climeworks facility (above) captures carbon from the atmosphere and converts it to rocks that are stored underground.

Less than an hour from Hveragerði, the family-run  Friðheimar Greenhouse is a good place to contemplate this transformation. The thriving greenhouse-cum-restaurant hosts tours for guests, and welcomes them to dine on its tomato-centric menu among the vines. My husband, daughter, and I tuck into tomato soup followed by mussels in a tomato seafood sauce before finishing up with cheesecake topped with green-tomato jam—what turns out to be our best meal in Iceland. Dóróthea Ármann, Friðheimar’s assistant managing director, explains that geothermal energy has made Friðheimar’s venture a more attainable and sustainable prospect: with their high energy demands, according to Ármann, the greenhouses require as much electricity as a town with 7,000 people.  

And there’s been no shortage of visitor interest. “It is very unique how we grow vegetables all year-round here in cold and dark Iceland, with help from nature,” says Ármann, noting that annual visitors to Friðheimar, which launched in 1995, have ballooned since it opened to the public, from 900 in 2008 to some 200,000 in 2022. Stockley would love to return to Iceland to check it out, she says, and to learn more about how Iceland’s renewable energy successes “could translate into something we see someday in the U.S.” 

In the end, she and I agree that we’ve both brought home the ultimate souvenir: hope that a green-energy future is indeed possible, having now glimpsed it firsthand. 

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Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant

The plant is located on one of the major high temperature areas of the Reykjanes Peninsula. The Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant produces electricity and supplies the Reykjanes Area with hot water for house heating as well as providing perfectly clean 37-39°c discharge wate to the famous Blue Lagoon.  The Svartsengi power plant is the first geothermal power plant in the world to combine generation of electricity and production of hot water for district heating. Today, the total production capacity of the Svartsengi Power Plant is 75 MWe and 150 MWth.  The Power Plant in Svartsengi has been developed in 6 successive phases since 1978.

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Iceland Geothermal Station Energizes an Entire Economy

The Svartsengi plant in Iceland has operated for decades, and continues to build its legacy as the facility’s electricity generation and hot water support new businesses and provide a remarkable example of the power of renewable energy.

Power plants are important to local communities, and often serve as the backbone of a regional economy, with homes and businesses relying on the electricity a facility produces.

In Iceland, the country’s geothermal power plants are supporting a national economy, bringing innovation to power production and spawning development of new industries. A prime example is Svartsengi (Figure 1), a geothermal plant that first came online more than 40 years ago and continues to evolve. It provides electricity and hot water, serving as the heating system for the residents of the Reykjanes Peninsula. The Resource Park at Svartsengi includes several companies that use the power station’s resources, including the world-famous Blue Lagoon spa, along with cosmetics manufacturers, biotechnology companies, and aquaculture businesses.

The park also has supported green methanol production, in a process where carbon emissions from the power plant have been captured and turned into green methanol, a low-carbon fuel that can be made from either biomass gasification, or renewable electricity and captured carbon dioxide. Svartsengi’s importance to an entire country, not just its local community, and its status as home to the innovative Resource Park makes the facility a worthy recipient of a POWER Top Plant award for renewable energy.

“Geothermal energy has had a significant impact on Iceland, both economically as well as by contributing to a high quality of life,” said Dagný Jónsdóttir, manager of Resource Park. “During the 20th century, Iceland went from being one of the poorest countries in Europe, dependent on imported coal as an energy source, to now being a country with high living standards and where practically all stationary energy is derived from domestic renewable resources. This reduces the economic exposure to external energy markets.

“For years, Svartsengi has been a model for both other Icelandic geothermal stations as well as being a model for the multi-use of resource streams from the geothermal power generation,” said Jónsdóttir. She told POWER , “Svartsengi’s primary purpose has always been to serve the neighboring communities by supply of critical infrastructure, such as heating, potable water, and stable power supply.”

Jónsdóttir noted that geothermal “is mostly used in space heating and electricity generation, with nine of every 10 households being heated with geothermal energy [the rest is mainly coming from hydropower], It also allows for other amenities such as heated swimming pools all year round and heated sport fields, streets, and parking spaces during the snowy winter. Several industries have also gained a foothold in Iceland because of geothermal energy, for example, some types of land-based fish farming and greenhouses, industries that would not exist here without the geothermal energy source.”

Plant Built in Six Phases

Yngvi Guðmundsson, chief engineer at Svartsengi, said the plant was built in six phases. The first phase, a 50-MW thermal unit, came online in 1977, but has since been decommissioned. Phase II, a 110-MW thermal unit, entered operation in 1980, along with Phase III, which has 6 MW of electricity generation capacity.

Phase IV, an 8-MW power unit, came online in 1989. Phase V, with 80-MW thermal capacity and 30-MW power capacity, began operating in 1999. Phase VI came online in 2008, providing 30 MW of power generation capacity.

Guðmundsson said Svartsengi’s power generation comes from its Phase III through Phase VI units. Phase III is a backpressure turbine (6 bara to 1.2 bara) from Fuji Electric Japan. Phase IV is a 7x Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbine from Ormat (1.2 bara inlet pressure steam from the backpressure unit).

Phase V is a single flash condensing steam turbine from Fuji Electric Japan (inlet pressure 6.5 bara). Phase VI, said Guðmundsson, is a “single turbine consisting of 10 MW backpressure turbine (15.5 bara to 6.5 bara) and 20-MW condensing turbine (6.5 bara inlet pressure) on the same turbine rotor.”

“Each phase has had its own purpose and they have mostly been very different,” said Guðmundsson. “The first two phases had the primary purpose of supplying hot water to the neighboring communities, which relied on coal and oil for heating at the time. The third phase was a backpressure steam turbine, which allowed HS Orka [the plant’s operator] to generate power as well. The fourth phase was a result of optimization effort of the resource streams, where less direct steam was required for heating, which in turn could be used in the ORC unit for further electricity generation.

“The fifth phase was a direct expansion of the geothermal reservoir with new wells and a way to meet future demands for hot water as the surrounding communities were growing fast,” said Guðmundsson. “The turbine installed in the fifth phase is a combined heat and power unit, where cooling of the unit serves as pre-heating of water for hot water production. The sixth phase was an optimization stage where the long-term experience gained from utilizing the geothermal resource allowed for further expansion with a new 30-MW unit.”

Guðmundsson told POWER , “HS Orka is currently planning a new rehabilitation and expansion phase, where older units [from Phases III and IV] will be decommissioned, and use of steam and brine further optimized in a new and more efficient turbine.”

Research, Development, and Optimization

Jónsdóttir and Guðmundsson said Svartsengi has been a driver of a strong research and development focus within HS Orka, which has resulted in continuous improvements of the plant and its operations.

“Not only has this resulted in better optimization of the plant but also the creation of the Resource Park, which is an example of the entrepreneurial spirit within HS Orka,” said Jónsdóttir. “Excess resources derive from the power generation and there was demand from companies to utilize these resources, an opportunity to be located next to a power plant and get input in their operations, so our ‘waste’ becomes value for these companies. This is a concept that has been developing for years now and it was a bit ahead of its time, as an example of a circular economy and industrial symbiosis.”

Jónsdóttir said the Svartsengi and Reykjanes geothermal power plants form Iceland’s only Resource Park, but “other companies are also utilizing the resources from their geothermal power plants. ON Power operates a Geothermal Park that utilizes multiple resource streams from Hellisheiði Power Plant, and Landsvirkjun [Iceland’s national power company] is currently utilizing the geothermal resources from their plants in various businesses.”

Resource Park at Svartsengi supports several businesses with its power generation and hot water, including Blue Lagoon, a spa famous in the medical community. The site has offered treatment for psoriasis patients for nearly 30 years, and researchers have confirmed the efficacy of Blue Lagoon’s geothermal seawater for treating the skin disease.

“There’s a lot of interest around what we’re doing from outside Iceland,” said Fannar Jónsson, the quality and environmental manager at Blue Lagoon. “Geothermal energy is much greener, and people are looking at us to help them find solutions for development, for sustainable development. It’s about, ‘How can we utilize this resource as efficiently as possible?’

“It’s great to be part of the Resource Park and to take advantage of the power station for our electricity use and our hot water use,” said Jónsson. “We’re about being carbon neutral when it comes to our operations. We’re able to offset our carbon for flights, for the buses for our employees and guests, we offset [carbon] for our product shipping. Blue Lagoon is a great example of a circular economy.”

Blue Lagoon, in addition to offering its spa treatments, also is known as a wellness company that produces skin care products. “We produce soap, and bath salts, and everything we produce is natural. Our products combine the purity of nature and the powers of science,” said Jónsson, who noted the spa’s products are based on the primary bioactive elements of geothermal seawater—silica, algae, and minerals.

“Svartsengi has been a local leader in implementing the mindset of treating waste as value with its Resource Park,” said Kamma Thordarson, project manager at Green by Iceland, a group supporting Iceland’s renewable energy initiatives. “This is increasingly important as it is necessary to move to a more circular way of using all resources.”

Jónsdóttir, noting Svartsengi’s importance to innovation driving Iceland’s energy sector both now and in the future, told POWER , “Iceland has committed to be carbon neutral no later than 2040 and to be the first nation to be independent from fossil fuels by that time as well.”

Said Thordarson: “Geothermal energy is essential to Iceland’s economy and environmental goals. The mix of geothermal and hydropower in our energy system allows for 100% renewable energy in both house heating and electricity production. As we focus on Iceland’s carbon neutrality by 2040 goal, this energy mix gives us a certain advantage.” An advantage, as Jónsson said, “being studied by the rest of the world.”

— Darrell Proctor is a senior associate editor for POWER ( @POWERmagazine ).

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Description The project is being developed by Mannvit Engineering and is currently owned by HS Orka hf with a stake of 100%.

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Contractors involved Svartsengi 2 (Svartsengi 2 Unit 3) will be equipped with Fuji Electric Systems turbines. Svartsengi 2 (Svartsengi 2 Unit 4 Phase I) will be equipped with Ormat Technologies turbines. Svartsengi 2 (Svartsengi 2 Unit 4 Phase II) will be equipped with Ormat Technologies turbines. Svartsengi 2 (Svartsengi 2 Unit 5) will be equipped with Fuji Electric Systems turbines. Svartsengi 2 (Svartsengi 2 Unit 6) will be equipped with Fuji Electric Systems turbines.

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HS Orka breaks ground on Svartsengi geothermal power plant expansion

HS Orka has started construction of the 22-MWe expansion of the Svartsengi geothermal power plant that will increase total production capacity to 85 MWe.

The Icelandic power company HS Orka has broken ground on the 22-MW expansion of the Svartsengi geothermal power plant. Svartsengi 7 will increase the total production capacity of the Svartsengi geothermal field to 85 MWe.

The new power plant expansion will utilize steam from older units more efficiently, allowing HS Orka to decommission the older, less efficient turbines. By replacing these units with a single, more efficeint unit, the company benefits from reduced maintenance and production costs while allowing for optimization of geothermal resources in the Svartsengi field.

Funding for the expansion comes from a combination of a new USD 61.9m CAPEX increase facility agreement from existing financiers and additional shareholder funding. This financing highlights the strong faith of both lenders and owners in the company and the expansion project.

During the groundbreaking ceremony, HS Orka’s most senior employee and long-standing deputy CEO, Albert Albertsson operated the excavator along with the contractors. Albert is the concept creator of the Resource Park and a pioneer in the ideology of turning waste into value in the geothermal industry. He has been instrumental in the build-up of all phases of the Svartsengi plant.

“We are excited to get started on the expansion of our Svartsengi power plant following t he conclusion of the expansion of our power plant at Reykjanes . Both projects capture the core of our operations with better utilization of the resources we are trusted with as we are adding more production capacity without breaking into new territories. That decreases the risk and the cost.” said HS Orka CEO Tómas Sigurðsson.

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Land is rising faster near Svartsengi

Þorvaldur Þórðarson professor of volcanology at the University of Iceland. Composite image

The land around the Svartsengi power plant is rising much faster than it did before the earthquake swarm that started on November 10, or about 5.5 times faster. The magma inflow is also about ten times faster.

This is what volcanologist Þorvald Þórðarson said to mbl.is today.

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Signs of magma being closer to the surface.

“The flow of magma into this storage chamber, which is at a depth of 4.5 kilometres, is 8 to 10 times higher than what people were talking about before November 10. Then it was about 5 to 7 cubic metres per second, but now it is about 50 cubic metres per second,” Þórðarson says.

A deformation was formed following the events of November 10, when the magma ran beneath Grindavíkurvegur road and east beneath Sundhnúkar crater row.

“The country is rising much faster now. This happens simultaneously because the magma is creating space and thus raising the surface of the earth,” Þórðarson says.

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Svartsengi power plant will get to its previous level

If this speed continues, he believes the Svartsengi power plant will have reached its previous position in 5 to 15 days.

“What happens then, it’s hard to tell. We might get an eruption, we might have a re-run of the activitites that happened on November 10 or just something completely new.”

Are the chances of a volcanic eruption in this area increasing?

“I think the likelihood of an eruption in the northern part of the Sundhnúkar crater row or in Illahraun lava increasing every day. I think the likelihood of an eruption there is increasing because of the land rise in that area.”

Entered a new eruption phase

Þórðarson believes it is important to consider preventive measures when considering this new reality that is facing this area.

“We’re in a new and a changed situation and we’ve entered a new the eruption phase, and so it’s very constructive for us to think about what kind of preventive measures we can take.

What can we do before an eruption occurs that will help us reduce its impact on society and infrastructure?”

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Svartsengi Geothermal Power Station Evacuated Due to Air Pollution

• Erik Pomrenke
• March 18, 2024

The Svartsengi geothermal power station was evacuated this morning due to sulfur dioxide (SO2) pollution from the ongoing Reykjanes eruption. Five employees were reported to be in the area when the decision to evacuate was made. RÚV reported first.

Svartsengi can operate remotely

The Svartsengi geothermal power station is a major provider of electricity and hot and cold water for the Reykjanes peninsula. After the first Reykjanes eruption in 2021, steps were taken to ensure the continued operation of the station, even during an eruption. It is capable of operating nearly autonomously for shorter periods of time, and during such eruptions, it operates with a skeleton crew. It has been operated almost entirely remotely for the past month.

Not advisable to remain in area

Birna Lárusdóttir, a spokesperson for HS Orka, the operator of Svartsengi, stated to Morgunblaðið that “SO2 levels had reached a point where it was no longer advisable to be in the area.” She noted that they had prepared for this eventuality and that as wind patterns change later in the day, it may be possible for employees to return today. She emphasised that such decision are made in cooperation with Civil Protection and the Met Office.

Power production not at risk

Birna continued: “However, this is certainly not a completely unmanned power plant. We need to attend to various tools and equipment that are part of the daily operations of the power station. We need to take care of buildings, equipment, and machinery when we deem it necessary, as we did this morning.”

According to Birna, power production at Svartsengi is not currently at risk.

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Svartsengi geothermal power plant

Svartsengi geothermal power plant (local name: Virkjunin í Svartsengi) is a 85 MW operating geothermal power plant in Grindavíkurbær, Southern Peninsula, Iceland.

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• ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Resource Park" . HS Orka . Archived from the original on April 18, 2022 . Retrieved July 13, 2022 .
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Svartsengi Power Plant (Geothermal)

The Svartsengi plant is a Geothermal power plant located in 🇮🇸 Iceland. Svartsengi has a peak capacity of 76.0 MW which is generated by Geothermal. The power plant was commissioned in 1977 and started energy production the same year. The current owner and operator of the Svartsengi facility is HS Orka.

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