The cost of fuel in Iceland has more than doubled in five years, new data reveals. At the same time average wages have gone up by 34 percent. Read the full story
Posted on 27 January 2012.
The cost of fuel in Iceland has more than doubled in five years, new data reveals. At the same time average wages have gone up by 34 percent. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 December 2011.
Björgólfur EA 312, an Icelandic freezing trawler, returned to its home port of Dalvík this week after a trip propelled by Icelandic-made fuel, called Lífsdísill (life diesel) – made from fats and oils wasted in food production. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 November 2011.
Roughly a year after construction began on Iceland’s new methanol fuel factory, it has now opened and is at full production capacity. Its environmentally-friendlier renewable fuel may well be used in almost every car in the country. The factory is the first of its kind in the world. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 September 2011.
The Greenlandic self-rule Prime Minister, Kuupik Kleist is on a three-day official visit to Iceland, which began yesterday. Read the full story
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Posted on 25 June 2011.
Methane production at the Akureyri landfill site in northern Iceland appears to be high enough to allow for commercial harnessing of the gas in the coming years. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 May 2011.
Representatives of Canada’s Irving Oil are in Iceland, reportedly hoping to buy one of the country’s oil companies. Read the full story
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Posted on 30 April 2011.
It is hoped that Iceland’s first methane fuel production plant will be built before the end of next year. Read the full story
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Posted on 30 April 2011.
The Icelandic Travel Industry Association has added to existing calls for the Icelandic government to cut fuel duty. Read the full story
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Posted on 01 March 2011.
Iceland’s government is set to form a working group to look into the record high petrol and diesel price and what to do about it. Read the full story
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Posted on 29 December 2010.
The price of alcoholic drinks and petrol and diesel are set to increase from 1st January as another tax hike takes hold. Weary Icelandic consumers can take some comfort in the fact that the price rises will be smaller than previous increases since the banking crisis. Read the full story
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Iceland central bank holds rates, predicts ongoing economic growth
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