COWI awarded contract for expansion of Hellisheidi geothermal plant, Iceland
Hellisheidi geothermal power plant by Reykjavik Energy, Iceland (source: flickr/ thinkgeoenergy, creative commons)
Carlo Cariaga
11 Sep 2024
COWI has been awarded the engineering design contract for the 100 MWth expansion of the Hellisheidi geothermal plant in Iceland.
COWI has been awarded the contract for the engineering design, preparation of tender documents, and assistance until commissioning of the 100MWth expansion of the district heating plant at the Hellisheidi geothermal power plant in Iceland. When completed, this will increase the capacity at Hellisheidi to 300 MWth and 303 MWe. The new plant is expected to be operational by 2026.
COWI in Iceland had recently been rebranded from Mannvit as part of Mannvit’s integration into the COWI brand and the growing presence and services of COWI in Iceland.
The Hellisheidi geothermal plant, operated by ON Power, supplies domestic heating to the capital area of Reykjavik, some 24 kilometers away. COWI in Iceland has served as the owner’s engineer since the beginning of the project. The company was awarded the contract following a tender from a pool of three bidders, a testament of the company’s capabilities with respect to the client’s high expectations.
The Hellisheidi “Geothermal Park” is also the site of the world’s largest direct air capture and storage, the Mammoth facility operated by Climeworks. With a nameplate capture capacity of 36,000 tons of CO2 per year, Mammoth started operations just earlier this year. Once the CO2 is released from the filters, storage partner Carbfix transports the CO2 underground, where it reacts with basaltic rock through a natural process, which transforms into stone, and remains permanently stored.
Source: Geplus.co.uk and COWI via LinkedIn
