Geothermal power in Iceland
Geothermal power in Iceland refers to the use of geothermal energy in Iceland for electricity generation.
Geothermal borehole outside the Reykjanes Power Station
A geothermally heated swimming pool complex in Iceland
A pipeline from the Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Plant to Reykjavik
An example of geothermal snow-melting infrastructure under a street in Reykjavik
Geothermal energy is thermal energy extracted from the Earth's crust. It combines energy from the formation of the planet and from radioactive decay. Geothermal energy has been exploited as a source of heat and/or electric power for millennia.
Steam rising from the Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station in Iceland
The Imperial Valley Geothermal Project near the Salton Sea, California
The oldest known pool fed by a hot spring, built in the Qin dynasty in the 3rd century BCE
Geothermal power station in the Philippines