Hellisheiðarvirkjun, the geothermal power plant located in southern Iceland, today marks 20 years since its formal commissioning, according to Vísir. The plant, situated on Hellisheiði heath, south of Henglafjall, began delivering electricity in 2006 and has played a major role in Iceland’s renewable energy sector since then.
The facility was built by Reykjavík Energy (Orkuveita Reykjavíkur); it started producing electricity in 2006, with its heating station coming online in 2010. This milestone is being covered in Icelandic media including Vísir and mbl.is.
Background
Hellisheiðarvirkjun stands on Hellisheiði, a 374-metre-high heath in southern Iceland. The area is notable for the Suðurlandsvegur (Þjóðvegur 1), which crosses the heath and serves as a key transport route between Hveragerði and Reykjarfell. The road across Hellisheiði was first laid around 1900 and rebuilt several times, most recently as a paved road in the early 1970s.
Sources
- Vísir (first reported) in Icelandic
- mbl.is in Icelandic
Image: Ray Swi-hymn from Sijhih-Taipei, Taiwan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) · licence, original (resized) Illustrative image.
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