Capture the heat of the earth

Iceland is famous for its geysirs and the country has developed skills and technologies to extract heat and energy from the ground.

 
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Iceland’s biggest geothermal CHP

The Hellisheidi geothermal power plant is a combined heat and power plant (CHP) located on one of the largest wet geothermal systems in Iceland. Development plans will turn Hellsheidi into the largest geothermal combined heat and power plant in Iceland within 2010.

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Iceland-based geothermal energy company Enex build district heating in China together with Chinese Sinopec Star.

GEORG-GEOthermal

GEORG is an international Geothermal research Group meant to increase the number of qualified experts in geothermal research, engineering, design and technical exploitation of the resource.

Powering Iceland's Hydro Development

Approximately 75% of Iceland's electricity is generated from hydroelectric power. Mannvit Engineering has participated in the preliminary work and/or construction of most of the hydropower plants and

Inspirational sustainability

An hour’s drive to the east of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, you get to the community of Solheimar. Iceland’s first eco-village and home to the Center for Sustainable Development at Sesselja Hous

Cool computers

With the advent of cloudsurfing and mass data storage, we have seen an increase in the construction of data centers and server parks. Servers need cooling, and cooling requires energy. Ideally servers