An important domestic energy milestone for Iceland was reached last December 15th, as the commercial fishing vessel Björgúlfur EA 312 returned to the Dalvík harbour from an unusual 3-day fishing trip; one fueled entirely by domestically-produced

It was announced on the 29th of December 2011 that the CEO of Mannvit, Dr. Eyjólfur Árni Rafnsson, has been selected as The Business Man of the Year in Iceland by the business magazine Frjáls Verslun (Free trade).  The formal award was presented by the Minister for Education, Science and Culture at

Recently, Mannvit, and its associated companies Verkis, Ísor and Vatnaskil participated in the Kenya Geothermal Conference (KGC) 2011, to represent their services, experience and collective activities.

Mannvit will be attending the third annual GeoPower Europe Conference and Exhibition, which will be held December 6-7th in Milan, Italy. We encourage all conference attendees to visit Mannvit’s booth (#14) to discuss geothermal project development in Europe or elsewhere in the world with one of our

Earlier this month, Landsvirkjun (Iceland’s national energy company) and Þeistareykir ehf. (A joint-owned municipal development company) signed a contract with the engineering companies Mannvit and Verkís for design and consulting services for two new geothermal power plants in Bjarnarflag and Þeistareykir.  The total contract value is approximately $25

On October 1st 2011, Reykjavik’s utility company, Orkuveita Reykjavikur, celebrated the start-up of the 5th phase of the Hellisheidi geothermal combined heat and power plant (CHP), located just outside Reykjavik, Iceland.  This fifth phase added an additional 90 MW of power. The plant, which was designed by a group of consulting firms led by Mannvit, is now

Mannvit is set to attend the upcoming Geothermal Energy Expo 2011, which is organized by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA).  An annual event, the Geothermal Energy Expo plays host to the largest gathering of companies involved in the many facets of geothermal energy development, from exploration to management.   This year’s expo will be held from

The Icelandic consulting firms Mannvit, ISOR, Vatnaskil and Verkís recently signed an agreement with Kenya Electricity (KenGen) for a capacity assessment and feasibility study of the Olkaria geothermal fields.  The agreement is the conclusion of an international tender.

The Municipality of Fjardarbyggd, Mannvit and landowners of Eyri in Reydarfjordur recently signed a project statement to develop a transit harbour and oil terminal.

Mannvit, along with most of the Icelandic companies involved in geothermal energy development in Iceland, recently established an Icelandic Geothermal Cluster.

The new Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conference Centre, named Harpa, opened with an official inauguration ceremony on May 13th 2011. Mannvit played a significant role in the engineering and design of this new Reykjavik landmark.

A new geothermal district heating plant in the town of Szentlőrinc in Southwest Hungary is now fully operational. The plant produces 3.1 MW of thermal energy, providing heating and hot water for some 900  homes.

Mannvit becomes a shareholder in GTN Latin America, founded by Fundación Chile and GTN from Germany, to service the Chilean geothermal market.

The 4th development phase of the Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant was recently commissioned, adding an additional 133MWth energy capacity.

Mannvit as a member of a Consortium lead by the Spanish consulting firm Eptisa has recently been awarded a new contract in the Republic of Serbia.

October 6, 2010 - A biodiesel plant, owned by the innovation company Orkeyjar in Akureyri, formally opened. Full production of biodiesel will start in the next few weeks.

Delegates from Mannvit Engineering will attend the GEA Geothermal Expo and Conference that takes place in Sacramento’s Convention Center, CA on October 24-27, 2010.

Over the past week, Mannvit's drilling operations just outside Miskolc, Hungary led to the discovery of a geothermal resource as predicted by their tests and analysis.

September 1, 2010:  Runólfur Maack, Deputy CEO, Overseas Operations and Bala Kamallakharan of Auro Investment Partners LLC signed a cooperation agreement in the presence of dignitaries from Iceland and India.

An official groundbreaking ceremony, attended by Icelandic and Hungarian dignitaries, marked the beginning of the construction process of the geothermal district heating plant in the town of Szentlőrinc, Hungary.

The first phase of a geothermal district heating development project of up to 40 MWth began today with drilling of the first well in the town of Miskolc in eastern Hungary.

In a joint effort with six other Icelandic geothermal industry players, Mannvit Engineering will be representing their geothermal expertise in the upcoming World Geothermal Congress in Bali, Indonesia

Orkustofnun and the ministry of industry published Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland in May 2006. Due its great success and many requests, the NEA has now published the second edition. It contains an informational summary of geothermal development, regulatory structure, end present issues with regard to geothermal energy.

Mannvit Engineering recently joined the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (“CanGEA“) and is registered as „Qualified Person“, under the Canadian Geothermal Code for Public Reporting (the “Code”). On March 3rd, 2010, CanGEA released the Code and hosted a Geothermal Code Investment Seminar and Reception in Toronto on March 3rd, 2010. On this occasion CanGEA opened the markets

Magma Energy Corporation announced closure of an agreement to acquire 32% of Iceland geothermal company HS Orka.  As part of the technical due diligence, Mannvit Engineering prepared an independent technical report on the geothermal plants and properties of HS Orka in support of Magma’s technical due diligence assessment which was concurrent with its objective of acquiring the ownership stake in HS Orka.

The ground breaking of the first C02 to methanol plant at the Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant was held on October 17, 2009.   This is the first plant of its kind in the world and Mannvit Engineering was responsible for project management and plant design.

Mannvit is currently working on geothermal mapping on the Greek islands Milos and Kimolos, along with their sub-contractors, KMS Technologies. Mapping takes place using AMT and MT impedance measurements.

In June, 2009 Mannvit Engineering was awarded a grant from GEORG (the Geothermal Research Group) for a research and development project for High pressure and high temperature geothermal grouts. Contracts for the project have been signed.

October 15, 2009 - Mannvit Engineering signed a partnership with Technip to develop geothermal projects in the United States, using Technip’s Claremont, California operating center.

Last week, an important milestone for Hungary’s new geothermal home heating utility was reached - drilling was completed for the first geothermal well.

Friday, August 12th marked the official opening of the Molta composting station.  The station is the largest composting station in Europe and is designed to handle organic refuse from Northern Iceland.

The design of the data storage center for Verne Holdings located at the old Navy base near the Keflavík airport is well on its way.

To support the company's Geothermal project work in Southern Hungary, Mannvit Engineering launched a new company website in Hungarian on August 24, 2009.

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The last quarter of 2008 Mannvit worked on feasibility studies for two hydroelectric plants in Chile. The project was being conducted on behalf of HydroChile in cooperation with local officials in Santiago.  Mannvit had one employee stationed in Santiago for one month but also had employees in Reykjavik supporting the project.  Mannvit is responsible for 25% of the project.  

Earlier this month, the employees of Mannvit received a visit from the President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson.  The President visited the Laugarvegur office in Reykjavik, where he enjoyed lunch with employees as well as a tour of the office.

Students enrolled in the Masters program for Project Management (MPM) at the University of Iceland visited Mannvit to learn about the company.  The MPM program been taught as a part of the engineering program at the university over the last few semesters and visiting Mannvit is a part of the course were they can see project management in action.

A project to extend the Keflavik International Airport runway began last summer and is planned to be completed by June, 2009.   The runway will be extended on both ends and the older part of the runway leveled.  Plans for the airport also include creating a larger airport terminal building, which is part of overall expansion, plans to make the airport

The 13th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Concrete was held in Trondheim, Norway on June 16-20, 2008.  The event was co-sponsored by Mannvit Engineering.  In attendance were the most prominent experts in the world on the topic of Alkali-Aggregate Reaction (AAR).  

Carbon Recycling International and Mannvit Engineering recently signed a long term, exclusive agreement to engineer and build a the world's first geothermal to liquid fuel plant.

The new aluminum plant, Fjardaal has been officially handed over to Alcoa.  The project is the single largest private project that has been undertaken in Iceland.  HRV Engineers, a company owned by two engineering firms, Mannvit and VST, worked on the project in cooperation with Bechtel Contracting Corporation.  The project

Reykjavik Energy signed an agreement today, September 14th, with a consulting group on the design of new power plants on Hellisheidi. Fjarhitun, Landslag, Rafteikn, TARK and Mannvit form this group, companies that have worked closely together in the last 20 years with the design of geothermal power plants, or ever

Exorka International Limited and Mannvit signed a framework agreement that includes that Mannvit will provide comprehensive engineering services in all Exorka's projects built on Kalina technology (use of geothemal power to energy and geothermal production). Currently there are four projects in Germany and our employees are involved in project management in El Salvador

Mannvit Engineering has signed an agreement with Pannonplast Zrt in Hungary to provide them with comprehensive engineering services for Pannonplast's eight new geothermal plants in Hungary.