Management

Further search for hot water has been going on for years, and extensive research has been done in recent years.

Sultartangi substation is equipped with 220 [245] kV GIS switchgear with double main busbars and a transfer busbar.

Fljótsdalur substation is an important link between the Kárahnjúkar power station and the Fjarðaál aluminium smelter.

Varmahlíð substation, due to plans for increased energy consumption in Sauðárkrókur, by laying a 66 kV underground cable from Varmahlíð.

The gas and composting station, GAJA, is intended for the reuse of organic household waste from the Greater Reykjavík Area.

Drangey SK is a 62.5-metre-long fishing vessel with a beam of 13.5 metres, designed to maximise operational efficiency and energy performance.

Viðey is the sister ship of Engey and Akurey, and Engey’s systems were copied with considerable modifications to Viðey.

Verkís handled the design of control systems for the building management system and distribution systems for production and auxiliary systems.

Bergen biogas treatment plant, in Norway, produces methane gas which is used as fuel for buses in the municipality.

G.Run, design of all engineering components in a new fishing plant in Grundarfjordur and redesign of the old building.

Straumsvík started production in 1970 and there has been continuous ongoing work in the plant to improve production capacity.

Fjarðaál was built after an international design competition in the spring of 2003. Verkís is a leading parter in the design team.

Norðurál includes alumina unloading, handling and storage facilities at the harbor, including vacuum ship unloader and harbor silos.

Kubal, the project scope included conversion of the aluminum smelter, Plant 2, from Söderberg pot technology to pre-baked anode technology.

Elkem Iceland (former Icelandic Alloys Ltd.) was established in 1975 by the Icelandic government in cooperation with Union Carbide.