The company was founded as a geothermal energy firm in the southwest of Iceland in 1974.
It built a power plant at Svartsengi to tap the geothermal energy in the area,[1] and was completed in 1976.
[2] It produced and distributed heating and electricity for the entire Sudurnes region.
As a result, Hitaveita Suðurnesja was divided into two independent companies, HS Utilities Ltd., distributing electricity, and HS Orka, heating and freshwater, which came into effect on 1 July 2008.
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