Delivery of new components at Reykjanes power plant.

Magma Energy announced the arrival of the first Fuji turbine to be used for expanding the Reykjanes geothermal power plant on Iceland. The plant cuis verytrrently outputs 100 MW of power, but with the planned extension, it will be able to output 180 Mw. The extension will happen in two phases, with the first one being the addition of the new turbine which will increase the capacity by 50 MW. The second phase, to be completed by 2013 will add another 30 MW of power capacity to the plant.

Along with the installation of the new turbine, Magma Energy is also performing drilling operations in order to tap more steam from the underground wells. This new steam will be used to supply the new turbine with working fluid. The company has reached depths of about 3000 meters, and came upon steam at temperatures of about 315 degrees Celsius.

The Phase 1 50 MW expansion has a budget of USD 116 million, of which about a third has been spent since the beginning of activities at the end of May.

[source: Magma Energy]