Reykjanes power station
The Reykjanes power station is a geothermal power station located in Reykjanes at the south-western tip of Iceland. As of 2012, the power plant generated 100MWe from two high pressure 50MWe turbines, using steam and brine from a reservoir at 290 to 320 °C, which is extracted from 12 wells that are 2,700 m deep.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: geothermal power station in Reykjanes, Iceland
- Also known as: “Reykjanes Power Station” and “Svartsengi”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gunnuhver and Reykjanes DGPS-Transmitter.
Gunnuhver
Spring
Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Gunnuhver is an active geothermal area of hot springs, mud pools and fumaroles on the southwestern tip of the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. It lies within the Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark and close to the Reykjanesviti lighthouse.
Reykjanes DGPS-Transmitter
Building
Photo: Reykholt, Copyrighted free use.
Reykjanesviti is Iceland's oldest lighthouse, located at Reykjanestá. It serves as a landfall light for Reykjavík and Keflavík. Reykjanes DGPS-Transmitter is situated 1½ km southwest of Reykjanes power station.
Reykjanes power station
- Categories: geothermal power station and industry
- Location: Southern Peninsula, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.82784° or 63° 49′ 40″ northLongitude
-22.68557° or 22° 41′ 8″ westInception
May 2006Operator
HS OrkaOpen location code
99MVR8H7+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 1256324654OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q2944543
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Reykjanes power station” goes by many names.
- French: “centrale géothermique de Reykjanes”
- French: “Centrale géothermique de Reykjanes”
- Icelandic: “Reykjanesvirkjun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Reykjanes kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Reykjanes kraftverk”
- Slovenian: “elektrarna Svartsengi”
- Slovenian: “Geotermalna elektrarna Reykjanes”
- Spanish: “Central geotérmica de Reykjanes”
- Spanish: “Central geotermoeléctrica de Reykjanes”
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