Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Iceland:

It May Be Remote, But Iceland Could End Up Sitting at The Heart of Europe's Clean Energy Strategy (Business Green)

With a gloriously cheap 100 per cent renewable energy system and a finance sector that is steadily rising out of the ashes, it is on track to create the kind of sustainable economy that many European countries can only dream of achieving.

Iceland offers homes and businesses electricity at half the price of that we pay in the UK through district heating systems powered by geothermal and hydropower. It is an approach that slashes carbon emissions, virtually eliminates fuel poverty, and helps attract investment from energy-intensive industries seeking stable power prices.

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