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Mannvit Engineering 
Type Private Limited Company Industry Engineering, renewable energy, sciences and project delivery Founded Iceland (1963) Headquarters Reykjavik, Iceland Key people Eyjólfur Árni Rafnsson, CEO
Sigurður Arnalds, ChairmanRevenue 6.05 billion ISK (2010) Employees 400 (2009) Website http://www.mannvit.com Mannvit Engineering is the largest engineering firm [1] in Iceland. Mannvit offers engineering, consulting, management, operational and EPCM services to projects all over the world. Mannvit core activities include: geothermal and hydroelectric power development, geothermal district heating, infrastructure and transportation, buildings, renewable energy and climate, power transmission, industry, IT and telecommunications. Company headquarters are in Reykjavík, Iceland.
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History
Founded in 2008, Mannvit[2] is the result of the merger of three long-established engineering companies that were all founded in the 1960s: Hönnun hf., VGK hf. and Rafhönnun hf.
The word 'Mannvit'[3] is an ancient Nordic word meaning Wisdom (literally man-wits).Management
The management team includes a CEO, Two Deputy CEO’s, CFO, Business Development Manager, and Human Resource Manager. This team is the head of the organizational structure which includes all engineering sectors both domestic and international. Mannvit also utilizes division managers responsible for each core discipline offered by the company.
Services
Mannvit Engineering is a consulting engineering firm that specializes in geothermal,[4] geothermal district heating, hydroelectric, power transmission as well as other renewable energies and environmentally-friendly processes, such as biofuels [5] and biogas[6], anaerobic digester systems [7], waste management,[8] CO2 sequestration,[9] CO2 to methanol [10] and large scale composting.[11] Additionally, the company has been involved in numerous large scale projects including, aluminum smelters, shopping malls, public and private buildings, tunnels, roads, bridges, highways and airports. Services to these projects include planning, engineering, environmental services, procurement, construction management, project management and EPCM.
Geothermal
Mannvit has participated in the development of most of the geothermal power plants in Iceland, including: Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant [12] (Combined Heat and Power/Cogeneration/CHP), Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Plant[13] (CHP), Krafla Geothermal Power Plant, Bjarnaflag Geothermal Power Plant, Husavik Kalina Cycle Geothermal Power Plant [14] and the Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant. Recent international projects include geothermal development in Hungary [15] on behalf of Pannergy.
Hydroelectric
Mannvit has participated in numerous hydroelectric development projects in Iceland [16] and Greenland. Examples include: Karahnujukar hydroelectric power plant in (690 MW), Vatnsfell Power Station (90MW), Búrfellsstöð hydroelectric power plant (270 MW), Hverfisfljóts small hydroelectric power station (3MW), Múlavirkjun small hydroelectric power station (6MW), Djúpadalsvirkjun small hydroelectric power station (2MW), Tasiilaq small hydroelectric plant (1.2W), Ammassalik, Greenland, Qorlortorsuaq small hydroelectric power station (8MW), Greenland.
Organization
Business Units
Affiliated Companies
- Vatnaskil Consulting Engineers, Reykjavik, Iceland [19]
- GTN, Geothermie Neubrandenburg GmbH, Germany [20]
- HRV Engineering, Reykjavik, Iceland [21]
- Loftmyndir ehf., Reykjavik, Iceland [22]
- Land & Water Resource Consultants, Ltd., U.K.[23]
- GTN Latin America, Chile [24]
Partnerships
Technip - Partner for U.S. geothermal development[25]
References
- ^ Scientific American
- ^ Iceland Export
- ^ Origin of the name
- ^ PRWeb press release
- ^ Biofuels PDF
- ^ Nordic Energy Solutions article
- ^ [1]
- ^ Waste management
- ^ Orkuveita Reykjavikur(OR)
- ^ Carbon Recycling International
- ^ Mannvit article
- ^ Nordic Energy Solutions
- ^ Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Plant
- ^ Iceland University
- ^ Renewable energy world
- ^ Nordic Energy Solutions
- ^ Mannvit Hungary
- ^ Mannvit UK
- ^ Vatnaskil homepage
- ^ GTN homepage
- ^ HRV homepage
- ^ Loftmyndir homepage
- ^ About Land & Water Resource Consultants
- ^ [2]
- ^ Technip partnership
External links
Categories:- Energy companies of Iceland
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