Geothermal Power

We visited a geothermal plant just east of Reykjavík.Magma that accumulates Into the ground produces heated water from nature's precipitation.
Water that has evaporated from the oceans surface falls as precipitation in the highlands. It seeps into the bedrock along with glacial meltwater and heats up when it comes on contact with magma intrusions.
The Geothermal plant digs down about a mile where the geothermal fluid rises up a pipe. The fluid is about 570 degrees. As seen in the first picture with the yellow box. They cool it to just to below boiling to transport. There are two pictures showing this process; steam is visible in this process. The water is used to heat fresh water. Once the water is used it is sent back down the pipe to keep stability in the magnum area. The warm water has a sulfur smell but cold does not.
At the Hellisheioi geothermal power plant this geothermal fluid is extracted from production wells and used for electricity and hot water production. Subsequently the geothermal fluid is reinfected into the bedrock.
The system puts out about 170 gallons per minute. They use it to heat up houses in Reykjavík. They started using geothermal power in 1930. Iceland used to use coal. All sources now are from geothermal or hydroelectric. They want to move toward using electric cars.
1/4 of Iceland is a volcanic system. Volcanoes occur about every 4 years.
Geothermal energy can be produced anywhere tectonic plates meet. The picture below shows all the world's tectonic plates.