Study Tour - Geothermal and Hydrogen Companies

We started from visiting ISOR which is an Icelandic drilling company. They are also partly funding RES School.
Map for next two days.












After short introduction in the company we went to see a drilling place near Nesjavellir geothermal power plant.













It was a unique opportunity, because normally nobody is allowed next to a drilling machine - it's very dangerous due to possibility of sudden steam blowout.














































Diesel engines which run the drill.














Operators room. The guide told us that operators usually have to be very good at console games :P













Next to a working drill :D





























The next day we went to University of Iceland for a lecture about ongoing research that takes place there for finding new materials for hydrogen storage. We also had a small tour around the laboratories.

















Iceland Center of Innovation - one of our cooridnators is a general director there.
























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Hydrogen refueling station in Reykjavik. It's the only one in Iceland and one of the few in Europe. It was used to refill hydrogen buses but now it's mainly used for small passenger cars - there are about 12 in Reykjavik. You can actually rent one in Hertz rental cars.














































































After that we went for two hours to walk around downtown of Reykjavik.

















Hot dog stand - Bæjarins beztu pylsur - which in English means: Best hot-dogs in town. Among famous people who have eaten at Bæjarins beztu are Bill Clinton, former president of the United States, and James Hetfield from Metallica.













Convenient way to transport beer :D







































Exhibition of Viggo Mortensen's photos in Iceland Gallery of Photography.

















This was another exhibition, also very interesting.

































Beer brake.