Mannvit has played a leading role in the development of the numerous power intensive industries in Iceland. Mannvit’s specialists have handled most of the activities involving the preliminary work, as well as the building and operating of structures connected to the power intensive industry in Iceland, especially primary aluminum, which are handled by our subsidiary, HRV Engineering.
The company’s involvement in many of these projects is extensive and spans the full range of consulting services, including environmental impact assessments, environmental research and monitoring, planning, preliminary studies and the design of structures and equipment.
Mannvit continues to play a leading role in the development of additional power intensive initiatives and is involved in the preliminary work for several forthcoming projects in Iceland. Potential for additional development in broader areas are significant including, data centers, fertilizer plants, chemicals, silicon and other metallurgical products.
The legislative and tax environment for continued development in Iceland is favorable and the company is actively seeking project collaboration and development in a broad range of initiatives.
Recent project examples:
• Fjardaal Aluminum Smelter (Alcoa) in East Iceland, in cooperation with Bechtel (2002 – Present)
• Nordural Aluminum Smelter (Century Aluminum), located North of Reykjavik (1995 - Present)
• Alcan Iceland Aluminum Smelter (Alcan), located South of Reykjavik (1995-1997)
• Converting an aluminum smelter in Sweden (2006-2008)
The advent of energy-intensive, heavy industry in Iceland came in 1954, with the opening of the State Fertilizer Plant at Gufunes, just north of Reykjavík. Then in the late 1960s, a few years after the company was founded, a major project was initiated, one that would signal the beginning of decades of industrial expansion in Iceland: construction of the ISAL (now Alcan) Aluminum Smelter at Straumsvík, which was fed by the Burfell Power Plant, then a new facility.