The Sudurnes Power Plant and Heating Project exhibits the Geology, Geothermal energy and its harnessing from the bowels of the earth.

Iceland offers unique opportunities to experience and explore most of the earth’s dynamic processes, volcanism and geothermal activities, which are the results of the young geological age of the country.  This way, the country is a mirror into the past as well as the future.  By reading the various geological strata it is possible to speculate on coming events.

The largest glaciers and mightiest glacial rivers, the largest high and low temperature areas, unusually high volcanic and tectonic activity are a part of everyday life in this country.

Laymen and specialists enjoy and appreciate the exhibition in Gjain.  It depicts the general and local geology and explains how the different branches of learning are based on basic research and the monitoring of high temperature areas.  Drilling in such areas is explained and the exploitation for electrical production and house heating processes become easy to understand.

The exhibition is highly technically equipped.  Many video films with independent soundtracks can be run simultaneously.  The system uses 42” plasma screens to show video films stored in MPEG format as well as computer graphics.  In the dome at the end of Gjain, there is a complete, small movie theatre with a Dolby surround sound system.  In the Gjain itself, there is an advanced sound system with digital amplifiers.  Various nature sounds, stored digitally, and lights are computer controlled and perfectly adjusted to the ongoing events of Gjain.

Every year, thousands of visitors, laymen and specialists, familiarize themselves with the operation of The Sudurnes Heating Project at Svartsengi.  Its managements felt the need to receive its guests properly and created these surroundings to give some insight into the wonders of Iceland’s nature and the methods used to convert the extreme geothermal energy into light and heat for the benefit of the communities of the Sudurnes region.  The Eldborg Power Plant at Svartsengi and Gjain in Eldborg are ideal sites for these presentations as well as telling the history of the company, The Blue Lagoon, and the communities of the Sudurnes region.

On March 28th 2011, the authorities in town Grindavik accepted the offer of moving the geological exhibition from Gjain in Eldborg to Grindavik, where it is housed in the same building as the Salt Fish Museum.