Geothermal Exhibition Reviews

Great experience of a “cloud factory”

You won't miss it if you're driving towards Reykjavik. You can see steam from cooling tower steam billowing out on the highway. The self guided exhibition is quite small, you don't see a lot. The most interesting thing is the glimpse into the power plant and they have good signage explaining what you are seeing. Price is approx 2.400 isk which is quite pricy for approx 1 hour spent there

Hellisheiði-Kraftwerk – Ein faszinierender Einblick in Islands Geothermie Das Hellisheiði-Kraftwerk ist ein absolutes Must-See für alle, die verstehen wollen, was technologisch in Island passiert und wie das Land seine natürlichen Ressourcen nutzt. Hier bekommt man spannende Einblicke in die geothermische Energiegewinnung und wie Island diese Kraft der Erde nicht nur zur Energieproduktion einsetzt, sondern auch intensiv forscht, um innovative Lösungen für die Speicherung von CO₂ zu entwickeln. Die Führung durch das Kraftwerk ist lehrreich und zeigt, wie Island weltweit führend in Sachen erneuerbare Energien ist. Es ist beeindruckend zu sehen, wie das Land seine einzigartige Lage und die geothermische Aktivität nutzt, um sowohl für sich als auch für die globale Gemeinschaft nachhaltige Technologien voranzutreiben. Ein sehr interessanter Ort, der sowohl technologische als auch umweltfreundliche Innovationen präsentiert.

Not worth stopping for. Only view inside the plant is a partial glimpse into the turbine hall through a blurry window. Minimal information on the facility itself and the process. Majority of the display space was based on video exhibits. Something you can do at home. If you have a deeper interest in power plants skip this one and find a proper tour.

Loved it! So impressive what they are doing

Really good exhibition with lots of informative visuals and physical media. Loses a star as were 15 minutes into the video displayed on a projector when 4 tour buses turned up and an employee reset the video back to the start to appease the 50 people who walked into the room. We didn't get to finish the final bit of the video and weren't going to wait the 15 minutes for it to appear again. We were paying customers too and felt this was rather rude and ignorant.

It was informative but so is watching a youtube video. I think it is overpriced for what you get.

The geothermal exhibit is interesting but definitely overpriced considering the time spent inside. We took our time and stayed around 20 minutes, apart from several videos you don’t get much to see. All the boards are explained in English language only and the displays are not very interactive.

Very informative! The exhibition goes in depth about how Iceland is utilising geothermal energy for both electricity and hot water and the staff is incredibly knowledgeable and approachable! A must see for everyone, including Icelanders.

Yesterday I visited the National power Company Exhibition which was free and very interactive and we were the only guests there. Because of that I wanted to try another exhibition and found this one. The exhibition lacked the fun and interesting aspects I was hoping for. Instead we got walls of text, and stones with texts. Even toilets at the cheapest N1 stop were better. And then you don't even get warm water to wash your hands after reading half an hour about the nice benefits of geothermal energy and how no households need a boiler etc. But at least they have soap? Well it's 99% water and 1% soap. If you want to visit a museum, please skip this one. *********** Original reply from the museum: Hi Daniel, we're sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy your visit to the Geothermal Exhibition. It sounds like you missed a significant part of the exhibition. We have textual displays, but in addition to this we have interactive displays (like the production wheels on the top floor), art instillations (like the immersive Agndofa room that showcases the surrounding landscapes), maps, distribution grids, diagrams, rocks and minerals, operational parts like turbine blades and a pipe cross-section, six different videos around the exhibition, and viewing platforms for the turbine halls and over the back working area to name a few of our highlights. We are not sure how you went through with seeing only walls of texts and stones, but we are again sorry you didn't enjoy it. Regarding the comments on the bathroom sinks, we took a look this morning. We found one sink in the downstairs bathroom with a very low pressure (though still with hot water), and the remaining eight sinks were all in working order. In our restrooms we have soap and sanitizer next to each other, so it's possible that you accidentally used the sanitizer instead of the soap. We will look into better labelling for the soap and sanitizer, and have flagged the low pressure sink for maintenance. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We hope that you enjoy the rest of your visit in Iceland! *********** Edit: After reading the reply of the museum I've adjusted my rating. The museum is indeed very very interactive how did I miss the obvious things there? So you can interactively watch a video where you can interactively choose to stand or sit (did I mention that it's very interactive?). You can interactively look (don't touch) at the moss or interactively watch a documentary. You also can interact with the interactive toilet with interactive flushing. You can also interactively turn the tap from left to right where it interactively switches from cold to cold. Of course I thought that in the soap bottles were soap but maybe I mistook the soap bottle for a water bottle because it was almost only water as mentioned earlier. My mistake of course. After reconsidering my first review I have to rewrite the conclusion: I interactively don't recommend this exhibition.

Zu teuer für das was geboten wird. Die Ausstellung von Powering the Future – National Power Company of Iceland Visitor Center ist interaktiver und kostenlos

Veramente interessante consigliatissimo per capire come un paese come l’Islanda sia un esempio di sostenibilità nella produzione di energia e riscaldamento. Certo avere tutta quell energia geotermica aiuta…!