Geothermal district heating
Verkís is the leader in geothermal district heating in Iceland and has worked with all kinds of geothermal district heating projects worldwide since 1962.
In 2004 the total installed power for geothermal district heating in the world was over 28,3 GWth. Iceland has been among the leading countries in this field with first house heated with geothermal water in 1909 and the first commercial geothermal district heating developed in 1930. In 2008, the total installed heating power in Iceland amounted to about 1,4 GWth. About 86% of Icelandic homes now use the Earth´s thermal energy for space heating and heating of domestic hot water.
Reykjavík geothermal district heating started to develop in the early 1930's and is today the largest and most sophisticated geothermal district heating in the world with 830 MW installed power.
Verkis has designed the major part of the geothermal district heating system owned and operated by Reykjavík Energy, including most of the pumping stations, storage tanks, the 27 km long Nesjavellir hot water main and other major transmission pipelines such as the Reykir pipelines, and the distribution network.
Services
Verkís services in the field of geothermal district heating include integral design of the system, as well as upgrading or modification of older systems or design of part of the system:
- Project management
- Feasibility studies and preparation of bankable feasibility reports
- Environmental impact studies
- Conceptual and detail design
- Preparation of tender documents and material procurement
- Supervision of construction
Project reference / key projects
- Reykjavík geothermal district heating, Iceland
- Nesjavellir hot water main, Iceland
- Xianyang, People‘s Republic of China
- More...
Contacts persons:
Oddur B. Björnsson, head of the utilites department
Þorleikur Jóhannesson, head of the mechanical systems