A4 - Resilience - Natural Disasters
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SECURITY AND STABILITY
| Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
| 13:00 - 14:30 |
| Silfurberg A |
Details
Climate change, natural disasters, man-made catastrophes. Our societies are waking to a new reality. Geothermal plays in many cases an important part for local communities as a source of energy. Losing a power plant or a utility providing electricity or heat to people following a sudden disaster may have long term catastrophic impact for the community. The recent example of Iceland with eruption nearby the Svartsengi geothermal plant highlights the importance of resilience. This session will feature a few examples of how planning, designing, monitoring and operation management can efficiently contribute to building resilience.
Speaker
Lárus Þorvaldsson
Chief Reservoir Engineer
HS Orka
An Early Warning System for Volcanic Eruptions
Mr. Fred John Fred John
Managing Director, Dominica Geothermal Development Company Ltd
Geo Dominica
Getting to the first 10 MW – Resilience and Dominica’s Geothermal Development.
Yngvi Guðmundsson
HS Orka
Mitigation plan for operation of Svartsengi
Reynir Sævarsson
EFLA Consulting
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Þorleikur Jóhannesson
Verkís
Can resource gathering systems ever go underground? (yes!)
Ármann E. Lund
Verkís
Can resource gathering systems ever go underground? (yes!)
Sigrún Tómasdóttir
Hydrogeologist
Reykjavik Energy
Impact of Natural Disasters on Geothermal Power Plant Operations
Moderator
Carine Chateney
Verkís
