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Power plants in Iceland

A directory of 20 power plants in Iceland with a combined installed capacity of 2,485 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

20power plants
2,485MW total capacity
2fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Iceland)

Hydro: 14 plants14HydroGeothermal: 6 plants6Geothermal

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Iceland electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

28gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
100.0%low-carbon electricity
100.0%renewables
0.0%fossil fuels
Hydro: 71 % of electricity71HydroOther Renewables: 29 % of electricity29Other Rene…Solar: 0 % of electricity0SolarWind: 0 % of electricity0Wind

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Iceland

#PlantFuelMW
1Fljótsdalsvirkjun (Kárahnjúkar )Hydro690
2BúrfellHydro270
3HellisheiðiGeothermal213
4HrauneyjafossHydro210
5BlandaHydro150
6SigaldaHydro150
7NesjavellirGeothermal120
8SultartangiHydro120
9ReykjanesGeothermal100
10BúðarhálsHydro95
11VatnsfellHydro90
12SvartsengiGeothermal76
13KraflaGeothermal60
14ÍrafossHydro48
15LagarfossHydro27
16SteingrímsstöðHydro26
17LjósafossvirkjunHydro15
18Laxárvirkjun 3Hydro14
19AndakílHydro8
20BjarnarflagGeothermal3

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