Geothermal District Heating in Eyjafjördur, N-Iceland; Eighty Years of Problems, Solutions and Success
- Key words
- District heating, exploration, exploitation, reinjection
- Location
- Eyjafjordur, Iceland
- Conference
- World Geothermal Congress
- Year
- 2010
- Session
- 28. Direct Use
- Language
- English
- Paper number
- 2836
Full text
10167KB, opens in a new tab
Abstract
Since the first successful borehole, providing geothermal heat to the town of Akureyri was completed in 1975 this utility has been facing serious technical and geothermal problems that have been successively overcome by different technical and social measures. It currently produces geothermal heat in a sustainable way from several small but well managed reservoirs. The paper describes the history of the geothermal utility and how problems have been overcome. It includes complex history of exploration, reservoir assessment, reinjection of return water, anti-corrosion measures and description of the distribution system and its management.
Copyright 2010, International Geothermal Association. Readers who download papers from this site should honour the copyright of the original authors, and may not copy or distribute the work further without the permission of the original publisher.