Mt. Olca

GeothermalChile

Our role: Owner’s Engineer

About the Project

The main objective of the project was to verify whether a geothermal resource of commercial importance is present in the area of Mt. Olca volcano in Chile. It was a challenging project at an elevation of 5062 m.

The client was Compañia Minera Doña Ines de Collahuasi in Chile. The work was executed under a contract between the Icelandic companies ÍSOR and Verkís and the Client. Landsvirkjun was a subcontractor for ÍSOR and provided a geothermal resource specialist to the project.