Veitur provides heating to homes in Reykjavik and other locations by using geothermally heated water.
These still relatively mild winter temperatures have appeared to put quite a lot of pressure on the energy infrastructure, especially the geothermal heating systems which one would think should be able to cope with cold spells worse than the current one.
Has Iceland's population / housing stock been growing too quickly, and there was sufficient planning ahead by the energy suppliers?
People are currently being encouraged to do the following:
- Keep the windows closed
- Not to keep the front door open for longer than necessary
- Don‘t use the jacuzzi
- Set the radiators so that they are hot on top but cold at the bottom
- Beware of covering or blocking the radiators, e.g. with long curtains or furniture.
Veitur is taking steps to improve capacity - people being on lockdown has increased demand.
"At our house we didn't notice any drop in temperatures whatsoever, it's nice and warm - just if geothermal water supply was cut short we'd have no backup as houses don't have anything other than electricity and a hot/cold water connection - usually there are no boilers or electric heaters."
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