Iceland could make money from undersea electricity cable to Europe
It would be profitable for Iceland to sell electricity to Europe through undersea cables; although more than one new power station would need to be de...
Ocean turbine designer: “Iceland could up its energy production twentyfold”
Valdimar Össurarson runs a company called Valorka, which has designed a marine electric turbine by the same name. The generator won first prize at the...
Tens-of-millions lost because of power cut
Because of yesterday’s bad-weather-induced power cuts in Iceland production at both the Elkem ferrosilicon plant and the Norðurál aluminium smel...
Thousands left without power following Finland storms
Thousands in several areas across Finland still have no electricity following heavy storms that battered the country last week, bringing down trees an...
Man’s best friend an enemy to lampposts
A Finnish energy company has blamed dogs for corroding the capital’s lampposts when marking their territory. Helsingin Energia claims it is constantly...
Alcoa cancels smelter plans in north Iceland
Alcoa has confirmed that it is no longer interested in building a new aluminium smelter near the northern Icelandic town of Husavik.
Iceland has doubled energy production
Iceland is producing twice the amount of electricity today as it was at the time of the millennium celebreations, just eleven years ago. The country c...
Icelandic company to design Georgian hydro power station
An Icelandic company is set to build a new hydroelectric power station in Georgia.