COWI has been awarded the engineering design contract for the 100 MWth enlargement of the Hellisheidi geothermal plant in Iceland.
COWI has been awarded the contract for the engineering design, preparation of tender paperwork, and help till commissioning of the 100MWth enlargement of the district heating plant on the Hellisheidi geothermal energy plant in Iceland. When accomplished, it will improve the capability at Hellisheidi to 300 MWth and 303 MWe. The brand new plant is anticipated to be operational by 2026.
COWI in Iceland had lately been rebranded from Mannvit as a part of Mannvit’s integration into the COWI model and the rising presence and companies of COWI in Iceland.
The Hellisheidi geothermal plant, operated by ON Energy, provides home heating to the capital space of Reykjavik, some 24 kilometers away. COWI in Iceland has served because the proprietor’s engineer for the reason that starting of the undertaking. The corporate was awarded the contract following a young from a pool of three bidders, a testomony of the corporate’s capabilities with respect to the consumer’s excessive expectations.
The Hellisheidi “Geothermal Park” can also be the positioning of the world’s largest direct air seize and storage, the Mammoth facility operated by Climeworks. With a nameplate seize capability of 36,000 tons of CO2 per 12 months, Mammoth began operations simply earlier this 12 months. As soon as the CO2 is launched from the filters, storage associate Carbfix transports the CO2 underground, the place it reacts with basaltic rock by means of a pure course of, which transforms into stone, and stays completely saved.
Supply: Geplus.co.uk and COWI by way of LinkedIn
