The Svartsengi geothermal energy plant in Iceland (supply: HS Orka)
HD ehf shall be delivering and putting in gear for the continued enlargement work of HS Orka on the Svartsengi geothermal energy plant in Iceland.
Industrial and technical providers firm HD ehf. has signed an settlement with HS Orka for the supply and set up of the gear for the enlargement of the Svartsengi geothermal energy plant in Iceland, in addition to a framework settlement for contractor providers.
The settlement between the 2 events covers the next gadgets:
- Procurement and development of platforms, stairs, pipe helps, and piping techniques throughout the plant constructing;
- Building of a pump station on the cooling tower; and
- Set up and meeting of drop separators, demisters, gasoline absorbers, cooling towers, and turbine gear at Energy Plant 7.
“The contract for the set up of {hardware} is the biggest single contract ever made within the firm’s historical past, and we at HD ehf. are extraordinarily proud that HS Orka approached us and requested our involvement on this undertaking,” mentioned Þorvaldur Tolli Ásgeirsson, gross sales and advertising director of HD ehf. Work is predicted to start promptly with the undertaking focused for completion and handover by 30 October 2025.
Enlargement work on the Svartsengi geothermal energy plant broke floor in early 2023. The brand new energy plant enlargement, Svartsengi 7, will improve the whole manufacturing capability of the Svartsengi geothermal subject to 85 MWe. It’ll make the most of steam from older models extra effectively, permitting HS Orka to decommission the older, much less environment friendly generators.
Funding for the enlargement comes from a mixture of a brand new USD 61.9m CAPEX improve facility settlement from present financiers and extra shareholder funding.
Within the latter half of 2023, it was introduced that Icelandic development firm ISTAK has began work on the brand new energy station constructing.
Supply: Mbl.is
