{"id":203052,"date":"2021-12-21T13:19:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icelandictimes.com\/?p=203052"},"modified":"2024-02-28T10:29:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T10:29:57","slug":"isal-saga-alversins-i-straumsvik-til-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icelandictimes.com\/is\/isal-saga-alversins-i-straumsvik-til-2000\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00cdSAL – saga \u00e1lversins \u00ed Straumsv\u00edk til 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00cdsland skarta\u00f0i s\u00ednu fegursta \u00ed hei\u00f0r\u00edkjunni. J\u00f6klar breiddu \u00fat hv\u00edta faldana, j\u00f6kul\u00e1r m\u00f6rku\u00f0u r\u00e1kir \u00ed svart landfl\u00e6mi\u00f0. Fer\u00f0alangarnir horf\u00f0u hugfangnir \u00e1 svipsterka n\u00e1tt\u00faru \u00cdslands \u00e1 lei\u00f0 sinni yfir landi\u00f0. \u00deeir voru \u00e1 fer\u00f0 vestur um haf me\u00f0 bandar\u00edska flugf\u00e9laginu Pan American, fr\u00e1 Sviss til Los Angeles \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum. \u00deetta var \u00ed lok september \u00e1ri\u00f0 1960. Emanuel Meyer forstj\u00f3ri og dr. Paul M\u00fcller, t\u00e6knilegur framkv\u00e6mdastj\u00f3ri, st\u00fdr\u00f0u svissneska \u00e1lf\u00e9laginu Aluminium Industrie Aktien Gesellschaft \u2013 AIAG. Svisslendingarnir \u00feekktu vel til j\u00f6kulflj\u00f3ta og skynju\u00f0u kyngikraft \u00edslenskra fallvatna. Fallv\u00f6tnin \u00ed svissnesku \u00d6lpunum h\u00f6f\u00f0u veri\u00f0 beislu\u00f0. Hugmyndin a\u00f0 al\u00famin\u00edumverksmi\u00f0ju, sem fengi orku \u00far \u00edslenskum j\u00f6kul\u00e1m, kvikna\u00f0i \u00ed flugv\u00e9l \u00e1 s\u00f3lr\u00edkum haustdegi \u00e1ri\u00f0 1960. M\u00fcller og Meyer voru \u00feess fullvissir a\u00f0 \u00cdsland byggi yfir \u00f3m\u00e6ldri orku sem skapa\u00f0i kj\u00f6ra\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur fyrir kraftmikinn al\u00famin\u00edumi\u00f0na\u00f0.<\/p>\n

\u00deeir l\u00e9tu hendur standa fram \u00far ermum. Vi\u00f0 komuna til Bandar\u00edkjanna l\u00f6g\u00f0u \u00feeir \u00e1 r\u00e1\u00f0in um al\u00famin\u00edumverksmi\u00f0ju \u00e1 \u00cdslandi \u00fear sem v\u00e6ri n\u00e6g orka, mi\u00f0ja vegu milli Evr\u00f3pu og Amer\u00edku. \u00deann 2. okt\u00f3ber 1960 voru \u00feeir \u00ed Los Angeles, daginn eftir \u00ed San Fransisco og \u00fea\u00f0an flugu \u00feeir til New York. \u00deeir h\u00f6f\u00f0u samband vi\u00f0 skrifstofu i\u00f0na\u00f0arr\u00e1\u00f0herra og b\u00f3ku\u00f0u fund \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00feeir flugu til st\u00e1lborgarinnar Pittsburgh \u00fear sem \u00feeir voru \u00ed s\u00f6mu erindagj\u00f6r\u00f0um. \u00deeir \u00e6tlu\u00f0u a\u00f0 vera \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk m\u00e1nudaginn 10. okt\u00f3ber. Dv\u00f6lin \u00ed Pittsburgh dr\u00f3gst \u00e1 langinn svo a\u00f0 \u00feeir sendu skeyti til Reykjav\u00edkur og b\u00e1\u00f0u um a\u00f0 fundinum yr\u00f0i fresta\u00f0 til \u00feri\u00f0judags.<\/p>\n

M\u00e1nudaginn 10. okt\u00f3ber h\u00f3f DC 7 v\u00e9l Pan American sig \u00e1 loft \u00e1lei\u00f0is til \u00cdslands me\u00f0 vi\u00f0komu \u00ed Gander \u00e1 N\u00fdfundnalandi. Flugi\u00f0 t\u00f3k um 10 klukkustundir og v\u00e9lin lenti snemma morguns \u00feri\u00f0judaginn 11. okt\u00f3ber. Fundur \u00ed i\u00f0na\u00f0arr\u00e1\u00f0uneytinu h\u00f3fst klukkan h\u00e1lfellefu. I\u00f0na\u00f0arr\u00e1\u00f0herra, Bjarni Benediktsson, bau\u00f0 hina svissnesku gesti velkomna en \u00e1samt honum s\u00e1tu fundinn Ing\u00f3lfur J\u00f3nsson, r\u00e1\u00f0herra raforkum\u00e1la, og emb\u00e6ttismennirnir Gunnlaugur Briem og Gu\u00f0mundur Benediktsson:<\/p>\n

Meyer ger\u00f0i stutta grein fyrir fyrirt\u00e6kinu Aluminium Industrie \u2026 \u00dea\u00f0 vildi ekki sj\u00e1lft reisa raforkuver, heldur kaupa raforku til reksturs al\u00famin\u00edumverksmi\u00f0ju og \u00fe\u00e1 v\u00e6ri a\u00f0alatri\u00f0i\u00f0 a\u00f0 f\u00e1 \u00f3d\u00fdra raforku \u2013 ekki yfir 2 U.S. mill\/kwh. Bjarni Benediktsson sag\u00f0i a\u00f0 \u00edslenska r\u00edkisstj\u00f3rnin hef\u00f0i \u00e1huga fyrir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 athuga m\u00f6guleika \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 erlendir a\u00f0iljar leg\u00f0u fram f\u00e9 til st\u00f3ri\u00f0ju \u00e1 \u00cdslandi. Vi\u00f0 hef\u00f0um ekki bolmagn til a\u00f0 byggja raforkuver til framlei\u00f0slu raforku til st\u00f3ri\u00f0ju, \u00fear yr\u00f0u hinir erlendu a\u00f0iljar a\u00f0 koma til hj\u00e1lpar. Hann h\u00e9ldi a\u00f0 ver\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0, er Meyer hef\u00f0i nefnt sem maximum-ver\u00f0, yr\u00f0i sennilega tali\u00f0 minimum-ver\u00f0 af okkar h\u00e1lfu.<\/p>\n

Meyer benti \u00e1 m\u00f6guleika \u00e1 a\u00f0 f\u00e1 erlent l\u00e1nsfj\u00e1rmagn til \u00feess a\u00f0 reisa raforkuver. Jakob G\u00edslason raforkum\u00e1lastj\u00f3ri og Eir\u00edkur Briem rafmagnsveitustj\u00f3ri komu til fundarins. Bjarni Benediktsson ba\u00f0 M\u00fcller og Meyer a\u00f0 senda erindi til r\u00e1\u00f0uneytisins svo a\u00f0 m\u00e1li\u00f0 fengi formlega me\u00f0fer\u00f0. \u00dear me\u00f0 lauk \u00feessum fyrsta fundi AIAG og \u00edslenskra r\u00e1\u00f0herra. Hann var stuttur, a\u00f0eins h\u00e1lft\u00edmi en Jakob og Eir\u00edkur f\u00f3ru \u00e1samt Svisslendingunum \u00e1 skrifstofu raforkum\u00e1lastj\u00f3ra. M\u00fcller og Meyer ger\u00f0u grein fyrir AIAG. Fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 hef\u00f0i skrifstofur \u00ed Z\u00fcrich \u00ed Sviss og framleiddi li\u00f0lega eitt hundra\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fasund tonn af \u00e1li \u00e1 \u00e1ri.<\/p>\n