Tag Archive | "electricity"
Posted on 19 March 2011. Tags: business, electricity, Environment, Iceland, UK
British authorities have been speaking with Icelandic energy companies about the possibility of purchasing electricity via an under sea cable. The British, like most nations, are increasingly looking to appropriate more renewably-generated electricity. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Energy, Environment, General, Iceland, MBL, Politics, Technology, United Kingdom
Posted on 05 March 2011. Tags: electricity, Energy, hydrogen, Iceland
A letter from an IceNews reader with some interesting ideas about Iceland’s energy reserves: Read the full story
Posted in Business, Education, Energy, Environment, General, Iceland, MBL, Technology, United Kingdom
Posted on 04 February 2011. Tags: court, electricity, Iceland, legal, negligence
A company of electricians has been fined ISK 15 million (USD 129,110), with interest, to a woman who was electrocuted in her Njardvik home some 13 years ago. Read the full story
Posted in Energy, General, Iceland, MBL
Posted on 22 October 2010. Tags: electricity, employment, Energy, Iceland, jobs, orkuveita, Reykjavik
65 Reykjavik Energy staff members lost their jobs yesterday. The majority of them worked in education and publicity. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Energy, General, Iceland, MBL, Society
Posted on 21 September 2010. Tags: business, debt, electricity, power, westfjords
Westfjords Power Company ltd. will see generating capacity at its biggest hydro plant increase by a third when current work is completed and it foresees larger increases to come…and all financed from its own piggy bank. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Energy, General, Iceland, MBL, Society
Posted on 29 August 2010. Tags: bills, consumers, debt, electricity, Iceland, money, Reykjavik, utilities
The debts of Reykjavik Energy went down by ISK 12 billion (USD 99.5 million) between the first and second quarters of this year due to the strengthening krona. Despite that, the company is to increase its prices to consumers by 28.5 percent. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Energy, General, Iceland, Lifestyle, MBL, Society
Posted on 26 July 2010. Tags: cancer, children, electricity, electromagnetism, Iceland, leukaemia
The parents of an Icelandic child suffering from leukaemia are investigating their legal rights in preparation for a lawsuit against a power company which they blame for their five year-old daughter’s illness. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Energy, Environment, General, Iceland, MBL, Technology
Posted on 20 June 2010. Tags: construction, economy, electricity, Iceland, power
Landsvirkjun, the national power company of Iceland, yesterday published advertisements for three construction projects at the Budarhalsvirkjun power station. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Energy, Environment, General, Iceland, MBL
Posted on 10 March 2010. Tags: aluminium, economy, electricity, Iceland
Nordural (Century Aluminium) pays a quarter less for its electricity in Iceland than the global average. This was revealed in a confidential leaked document to RUV. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Energy, Environment, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Politics
Posted on 11 December 2009. Tags: Denmark, electricity, Environment, nuclear
Years of stout opposition towards nuclear energy is fading, as global warming causes increased acceptance. Read the full story
Posted in Denmark, Energy, Environment, International, MBL, Politics, Society