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Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant

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Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant (Icelandic Kárahnjúkavirkjun) is a hydroelectric power plant in Fljótsdalshérað municipality in eastern Iceland designed to produce annually for Alcoa's Fjardaál aluminum smelter to the east in Reyðarfjörður. [1]

38 relations: Alain J. P. Belda, Alcoa, Aluminium smelting, Ásatrúarfélagið, Ómar Ragnarsson, Björk, Dreamland (2009 film), Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation, Economy of Iceland, Egilsstaðir, Extreme Engineering, Fljótsdalshérað, Fljótsdalshreppur, Friðrik Klemenz Sophusson, Hálslón Reservoir, Heima, Hydroelectricity in Iceland, Iceland, Index of Iceland-related articles, Jónsi, Jökulsá á Dal, List of dams and reservoirs, List of environmental films, List of lakes of Iceland, List of largest power stations, List of long tunnels by type, List of longest tunnels, List of power stations in Iceland, List of roads in Iceland, List of tallest dams, Megastructures, Ragnar Axelsson, Rail transport in Iceland, Renewable energy in Iceland, Reyðarfjörður, Salini Impregilo, Skriðuklaustur, Verkís.

Alain J. P. Belda

Alain J. P. Belda is an American businessman that has been a Managing Director of Warburg Pincus since 2009.

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Alcoa

Alcoa Corporation (from Aluminum Company of America) is an American industrial corporation.

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Aluminium smelting

Aluminium smelting is the process of extracting aluminium from its oxide, alumina, generally by the Hall-Héroult process.

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Ásatrúarfélagið

The Ásatrúarfélagið (Ásatrú Fellowship) is an Icelandic religious organisation of Heathenry (in Iceland also called Ásatrú, "faith of the Æsir").

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Ómar Ragnarsson

Ómar Þorfinnur Ragnarsson (born 16 September 1940) is an Icelandic media personality and activist for nature and environment, as well as a former entertainer and rally driver.

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Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, and DJ.

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Dreamland (2009 film)

Dreamland (Draumalandið) is a 2009 Icelandic documentary film about politics, environmental preservation and damming, focusing on the Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant and its environmental impact.

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Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation

Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation (in the original italic) is a book by the Icelandic author Andri Snær Magnason.

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Economy of Iceland

The economy of Iceland is small and subject to high volatility.

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Egilsstaðir

Egilsstaðir is a town in east Iceland on the banks of the Lagarfljót river.

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Extreme Engineering

Extreme Engineering is a documentary television series that aired on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel.

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Fljótsdalshérað

Fljótsdalshérað is a municipality located in eastern Iceland.

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Fljótsdalshreppur

Fljótsdalshreppur is a municipality in Iceland.

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Friðrik Klemenz Sophusson

Friðrik Sophusson (born 18 October 1943 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic politician and company director.

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Hálslón Reservoir

The Hálslón Reservoir is a storage reservoir in Eastern Iceland on the Jökulsá á Dal River.

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Heima

Heima (at home) is a documentary film and double DVD set about the tour around Iceland in the summer of 2006 of the band Sigur Rós.

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Hydroelectricity in Iceland

Over 80% of electricity in Iceland is generated in hydroelectric power stations.

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Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

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Index of Iceland-related articles

Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Iceland include.

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Jónsi

Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson (born 23 April 1975) is the musician, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós.

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Jökulsá á Dal

Jökulsá á Dal, also called Jökulsá á Brú or Jökla, is a river in the northeast of Iceland.

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List of dams and reservoirs

The following is a list of reservoirs and dams, arranged by continent and country.

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List of environmental films

Environmental issues have increasingly become a topic in film and television.

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List of lakes of Iceland

This is a list of lakes of Iceland (partially indicating surface, depth and volume).

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List of largest power stations

This article lists the largest power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of current installed electrical capacity.

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List of long tunnels by type

This page presents the same tunnels as in list of tunnels by length in separate lists according to the different tunnel types.

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List of longest tunnels

This list of longest tunnels in the world ranks tunnels that are at least long.

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List of power stations in Iceland

The following page lists all power stations in Iceland.

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List of roads in Iceland

This article lists numbered roads in Iceland.

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List of tallest dams

This is a list of the tallest dams in the world over in height.

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Megastructures

Megastructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom, Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, France 5 in France, and 7mate in Australia.

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Ragnar Axelsson

Ragnar Axelsson (born 1958), also known as RAX, is an Icelandic photographer.

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Rail transport in Iceland

Iceland does not have a public railway system.

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Renewable energy in Iceland

About 85% of the total primary energy supply in Iceland is derived from domestically produced renewable energy sources.

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Reyðarfjörður

Reyðarfjörður is a town in Iceland.

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Salini Impregilo

Salini Impregilo S.p.A. is an Italian industrial group specialised in the construction and civil engineering business headquartered in Milan.

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Skriðuklaustur

Skriðuklaustur is a farmstead in the valley of Fljótsdalur in Iceland.

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Verkís

Verkís Consulting Engineers is the oldest consulting firm in Iceland and is one of the largest engineering firms in Iceland with around 300 employees.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kárahnjúkar_Hydropower_Plant

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