Alcoa explores building geothermal smelter in Iceland
The Government of Iceland and Alcoa agrred on March 1st to begin detailed feasibility studies for the development of a 250,000 metric ton per year (mtpy) aluminum smelter based principally on geothermal energy, at Bakki near Húsavík in North Iceland. The agreement comes after Alcoa selected Husavik following an extensive joint public comparative study which weighed three prospective sites in North Iceland. The other sites were at Brimnes near Skagafjordur and Dynses near Akureyri. It is the first time that such an exhaustive public comparative study has been conducted for industrial site selection in Iceland.
