H2S emissions from geothermal power plants create air pollution, similar to CO2, and the conversion / mineralisation / disposal of the gas into minerals is today the most desirable way to handle geothermal emissions. The aim of the project is to test and develop various geophysical methods that can be applied to the monitoring of mineral uptake of subsurface gas and to follow what is in fact happening beneath the surface.
– Geo-Electrical Monitoring of H2S GAS sequestration
2021-2023
About the project
GEMGAS is now carried out in the active geothermal area of Nesjavellir in Southwest Iceland, where shallow H2S injection began in January 2021.
Collaboration and funding
The project is funded by the Technology Development Fund and an Award of Excellence grant from RANNÍS
Participants: The project is part of a 3-year Ph.D. project led by Léa Levy, a geophysicist, in collaboration with the Nordic Volcanological Center at the Institute of Earth Sciences of the University of Iceland, ON/OR and ÍSOR.
ÍSOR project manager: Ásdís Benediktsdóttir