Innovation Garden Party 🌼🎉
Join us for an enriching experience amid the vibrant landscape of Icelandic energy innovation!
Reykjavík Energy invites you to an engaging session with leading sustainable energy and utility sector experts. Get to know the heart of Icelandic energy, Elliðaárstöð, as we delve into captivating narratives of the past and future in Iceland's energy sector.
🗓️ Date and Time: Thursday, May 16th, at 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
📍 Meeting Point: Kolaportið (Bus departs at 4:00 pm)
🌍 Destination: Elliðaárstöð (15 minutes drive)
📍 Return point: Kolaportið at 6:00 pm
The event is free and open to everyone 🙌
But please note that registration is necessary to attend the event!
Register here 👉 https://www.orkuveitan.is/en/innovation-garden-party/
Note that all talks will be given in English.
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📑 Agenda
4:00 - 4:15 🚌 Bus ride to Elliðaárstöð, with scientists from Reykjavík Energy sharing knowledge about the geothermal and natural resources in Iceland.
4:15 - 4:30 🚶 Upon arrival, Edda Björnsdóttir, science communicator at Elliðaárstöð, will warmly welcome and guide us on a brief yet insightful walk (15 minutes) around Elliðaárstöð, sharing insights on the history of sustainable energy and the future of innovation in the sector.
4:32 - 4:50 🗯 Following this, immerse yourself in a dynamic poster session showcasing our most innovative projects.
4:50 - 5:45 💃 Networking Garden Party
🥂 Throughout the event, you will be able to indulge in drinks and snacks curated by the renowned Á Bístró, ensuring a delightful blend of enjoyment and knowledge-sharing.
Poster sessions: (3 min each)
💚 Reykjavik Energy - A New Source of Hydrogen
Baldur Brynjarsson, Reaserch Project Manager at Reykjavik Energy.
Hydrogen is predicted to be a future energy source for ships, airplanes and trucks, either in its pure form or as a precursor for methanol or ammonia. A gas capture plant was commissioned in 2014, to capture CO2 from the exhaust of Hellisheiðarvirkjun, one of ON Power‘s geothermal plants. To reach ON Power‘s ambitious goals of reducing its environmental footprint by capturing 95% of the carbon dioxide emitted from Hellisheiðarvirkjun a larger capture plant will be commissioned in 2025 and a comparable capture plant will be commissioned in Nesjavellir in 2030. The exhaust from the new gas capture plant will contain 50-60% hydrogen by molar ratio. This hydrogen has been inaccessible due to the presence of CO2 and H2S up until now. With the new capture plant the exhaust is now a useable resource stream where hydrogen can be captured and purified.
🧡 Innovation in ON's Geothermal Park
Helga Kristín Jóhannsdóttir, Business Development Manager at ON Power.
ON Power‘s green industrial park: The Geothermal Park, is home to progressive, sustainability-minded companies. Together we create value through circular use of resources, benefiting nature and society. We operate an Innovation hub were we focus on supporting innovative projects related to energy production, sustainability and the circular economy and provide an opportunity for growth.
💙 Veitur Utilities – Innovation in a crisis, plastic silencers in the time of supply shortage.
Haukur Þorvaldsson & Egill Maron Þorbergsson from Veitur Utilities
In Hveragerði, where many boreholes are over 100°C hot and Artesian, and where we harness both the steam and water.
However, we need to release steam to the atmosphere, which produces significant noise. To address the noise issue from the wells, we have typically used steel silencers. However, during the challenging times of COVID-19, when supply chains were strained, an innovative idea emerged to explore the use of plastic from a domestic supplier. The domestic supplier SET, even though skeptical at first, came through, resulting in a plastic silencer that is cheaper, quieter, safer, locally sourced, and has better durability.
🤍 Carbfix - Coda Terminal - A scalable onshore CO₂ mineral storage hub in Iceland
Silja Y Eyþórsdóttir and Gunnlaug Helga Ásgeirsdóttir from Carbfix.
The world's climate goals will not be achieved without a significant reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Coda Terminal will be the world’s first CO2 mineral storage hub, located at Straumsvík, Iceland. Using the Carbfix technology, CO2 will be permanently stored underground by dissolving it in water and injecting it deep into basaltic formations, where it is rapidly turned into stone through a natural process.
The CO2 will be transported to Iceland from elsewhere in Europe, but Coda will also be able to store CO2 captured from local industries or directly from the atmosphere. By 2032 Coda Terminal will be able to mineralize 3 million tons of CO2 per year, which amounts to more than half of Iceland's annual CO2 emissions.
Reykjavik Fiber Optics – Nobody needs more…
Jón Ingi Ingimundarson, CTO
The past, present and future of fiber optics.
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About Reykjavík Energy
For over a century, Reykjavik Energy has provided Icelanders with clean, sustainable energy solutions. Our journey began in 1909 with the provision of clean, cold water, followed by the advent of electric production in 1921. Over the past century, our offerings have expanded to include geothermal heating, geothermal electricity and water production, sewage management, fibre optics, EV infrastructure, and carbon storage.
The Reykjavik Energy family includes esteemed entities such as Carbfix, ON Power, Veitur Utilities, Reykjavik Fibre Optics, and Elliðaárstöð.