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In the spring of 2023, Bjelovar will begin constructing a drill hole to use geothermal energy. Hafsteinn Helgason, director of business development at EFLA Consulting Engineers, attended the initial conference in Bjelovar, Croatia. 

EFLA Consulting Engineers sends you warm season greetings with best wishes for peace and prosperity in 2023.

EFLA supervised a project in shore power connection systems for container vessels for Eimskip in Iceland, which was taken into use yesterday at Sundahöfn harbour in Reykjavik. The Norwegian company Blueday Technology AS was chosen to design and handle the construction of the equipment.

EFLA Norway has participated in developing the Norwegian Forrest Museum, Norsk Skogfinsk Museum, in Svullrya in East Norway. EFLA´s staff has consulted on electricity, structural physics and geotechnical engineering matters.

EFLA Consulting Engineers recently won a contract for the engineering design of Statnett´s latest 90 km, 420 kV line in Blåfalli – Gismarvik, which will secure the power supply to Norway's second-largest aluminium smelter.

EFLA Consulting Engineers will host a session at the 2022 Arctic Circle Assembly which will be held in Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre, Reykjavík, Iceland, on the 13th-16th of October. The session is called "With the Wind in our Sails" and will take place on Friday the 14th of October from 08:30-09:25 at Akrafjall, 4th level in Harpa concert hall and conference centre.

EFLA´s representatives are in Croatia to participate in an initial press conference and a Round table for a project on the Development of technical documentation for the use of geothermal energy in the area of Veliko Koenovo and in the city of Bjelover in Croatia.

EFLA engineers attended this year’s CIGRE conference in Paris, which gathered approximately 3500 specialists from several countries to discuss and share the latest knowledge and technology on energy systems and components.

EFLA consulting engineers have been selected as partners in two projects related to the use of geothermal energy in Bjelovar, Croatia. The projects are partly funded by EEA and Norway Grants, EEA Grants. The goal of the projects is to increase energy production from renewable sources, reduce CO2 emissions and increase the security of energy supply.

Majid Eskadi, EFLA´s port specialist, has a presentation on the NordPIANC, held in the conference hall Hof in Akureyri, Iceland. The conference is for discussion about port development, port planning, port projects and port design.

The president of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson awarded EFLA Consulting Engineers the 2022 presidential award for export achievement. EFLA's CEO, Sæmundur Sæmundsson, received the award at the award ceremony at Bessastaðir presidential residence, with a number of EFLA's employees in attendance.

EFLA Consulting has acquired a majority stake in HECLA SAS, a French engineering company based in Paris, after the completion of EFLA ‘s acquisition of Landsvirkjun´s holdings, through its subsidiary Landsvirkjun Power, and Jean Chauveau. EFLA now holds a 96.5% share of HECLA SAS, with two key executives holding 3.5%.

EFLA managed all the engineering design in the brand-new Forest Lagoon geothermal spa in the north of Iceland. EFLA conducted the project in close collaboration with Basalt Architects and the landscaping studio Landslag .

Carbfix has commissioned EFLA for a pre-design of Coda Terminal, Carbfix's CO₂ mineral storage hub in Straumsvík, Iceland.

EFLA Consulting Engineers sends you warm season's greetings and best wishes for a happy new year.

Arctic Circle, an international conference will take place in Harpa on October 14-17, and EFLA will take part in the conference. Representatives of EFLA have organized a breakout session on Saturday on harnessing wind energy and the production of electric fuel in the northern regions.

The ambassador of Iceland in Norway and its business representative visited EFLA‘s office in Norway. The purpose of the visit was to gain insight into the operations and lay the groundwork for further strengthening of trade relations.

An interesting experiment is being carried out at the volcanic eruption sites in Fagradalsfjall to determine how much burden the underground cables can withstand from the lava flow. Hopefully, the findings will be informative for other similar and challenging situations.

Construction work has started for an additional 20.000 square meters at Leif Eiríksson Air Terminal at Keflavík Airport. EFLA Consulting Engineers has been part of the design management team and has taken on various engineering consultancy for the extension.

EFLA has been confirmed as a party to a framework agreement worth 40 Million NOK, after competing with bids from all the largest engineering consulting firms in the Nordics.

EFLA is one of seven engineering consulting companies awarded an 880 million NOK framework agreement with the Norwegian Road Administration (Statens vegvesen), in competition with all the largest engineering consulting firms in Norway.

The World Geothermal Congress, WGC2020+1, will this year be held through a series of virtual and live events in Iceland, and EFLA's representatives will give two presentations at the event.

EFLA‘s photogrammetry and drone specialists were recently on location at the volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland. The purpose of the trip was to fly a drone over the area and capture images that would then be turned into a 3-D model of the area.

EFLA Consulting Engineers is proud to announce that we have been awarded the agency for the Power Line Systems (PLS) suite of software in the Nordic countries and Poland. 

EFLA Consulting Engineers has been granted an EPIC MegaGrant by Epic Games to complete its project „Time changes everything“. The project is a virtual time machine simulator. Epic Games is the maker of Fortnite, Unreal Engine and Twinmotion, to name a few. 

EFLA's transmission system projects in Sweden have made great progress. Svenska Kraftnät recently signed an agreement with EFLA for the development and design of new double-circuit 400 kV tower types that are a part of a development project for the next 20 years, called the NordSyd project.

Statnett, the system operator of the Norwegian transmission system, has renewed its framework agreement with EFLA Consulting Engineers. The framework agreement entails consultation as well as design work. EFLA received the highest score out of all participants. 

Statnett powerlines (Norway) are generally constructed in extremely difficult, mountainous terrain exposed to high wind and ice loads. The lack of accessibility to most tower locations requires all equipment, materials and personnel to be flown to the construction site. Reducing the flying time or number of trips has a huge impact on the environment and cost. These constraints and impacts triggered a R&D project, with EFLA's participation, aimed at developing a new tower made completely of aluminium for the 420kV transmission network. 

EFLA has been recognized as one of Iceland‘s strongest companies. Creditinfo, a leading local credit information provider, completes a detailed analysis highlighting Icelandic companies that have achieved top marks for strength, stability and resilience in the marketplace.

In Gróska's new building at Vatnsmýri, you can see a unique and magnificent Green Wall that has attracted much-deserved attention. EFLA was involved in the project in many ways and was responsible for, amongst other things, plant cultivation, piping design and control equipment.

EFLA Consulting Engineers received a prestigious environmental award for exceptional work in environmental issues over the past year. The Icelandic Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources rewards each year this award, "Kuðungur" (Sea shell), recognising companies and public organisations who excel in environmental issues.

Deep inside the Norwegian fjords lies the Eagles nest, perched on top of Norway's most popular base-jumping mountain Kjerag. This is the staging area for one of EFLA's most ambitious “design tower” projects in cooperation with Widenoja Design.

EFLA Consulting Engineers is proud to be the receiver of the Climate Award 2019 announced at the Climate Summit hosted by the City of Reykjavík and Festa, the Icelandic Center for Corporate Social Responsibility. The award highlights EFLA's determination for sustainability in all aspects of its operation as well as action and education in terms of the fight against climate change.

More than 450 leaders from 80 countries will meet at the Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders today. EFLA Consulting Engineers supports advancing equality and is one of the Forums sponsors.

In the south part of Iceland, near Flúðir, a new power plant was commissioned in the beginning of 2019. The power plant is based on binary cycle, that has an organic working fluid in a Rankine cycle. EFLA was the main consultant in the project, with regards to geothermal and mechanical engineering. 

EFLA participates in the global district energy conference that is held in Iceland this week. Two of our specialists will speak at the conference and we will showcase our expertise at the exhibition booth.

EFLA Consulting Engineers are a sponsor and active participants of the Arctic Circle and have been with the assembly from its beginnings. EFLA organized two breakout sessions as well as hosting guests at our offices.

Kevan Shaw, Design Director of KSLD | EFLA Lighting design, is honoured with the LIT Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 for a lifelong contribution to lighting design.

The annual hydropower and dams conference, Hydro 2019, is held in Porto, Portugal. EFLA Consulting Engineers and collaborators participate in the exhibition introducing Icelandic expertise in planning and designing hydropower plants worldwide.