Landsvirkjun
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Landsvirkjun is the national electricity company of the Republic of Iceland. It was founded by the city of Reykjavík and the state of Iceland. Its general purpose is to produce and provide electricity for heavy industry and to sell electricity to smaller providers around Iceland including Orkuveita Reykjavíkur (also known as OR) Reykjavík Energy and Iceland State Electricity (RARIK).
The electricity network of Landsvirkjun
Landsvirkjun owns and runs the main electricity network of Iceland. The network is a circular network so if one main line gets disconnected because of icing or for some other reasons, the network continues to provide electricity to the public and the heavy industry of Iceland.
Power plants of Landsvirkjun
Landsvirkjun has eleven power plants, mostly hydro-power plants and steam-power plants and also a couple of oil-powered stations for spare power.
These stations include Bjarnarflag (3MW), Blöndustöð (150MW), Búrfellsstöð (273MW), Hrauneyjafossstöð (210MW), Kröflustöð (60MW), Laxárstöðvar (28MW), Sigöldsustöð (150MW), Sogsstöðvar (89MW), Straumsvík (35MW), Sultartangastöð (120MW) and Vatnsfellsstöð (90MW).
Landsvirkjun has one power hydro-power plant under construction in eastern Iceland at this time, the Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Project; the finished plant will be namedKárahnjúkavirkjun after two nearby mountains.
It will be the biggest hydro-power plant in Europe and will provide 690MW of power for an aluminium plant in the town of Reyðarfjörður.
The plant might have dramatical and permanent effects on the environment of eastern Iceland.