New silicon factory in Helguvik spewing smoke over neighboring town
The Environment Agency of Iceland has received numerous points and complaints about both smoke and burning smell from the Silicon metal factory in Hel...
Icelandic volcanoes to keep Britain warm
A French company called Meridian, a global investor and asset manager specializing in public and community infrastructure has decided to fund an insul...
E-Cars on the Rise in Norway
The Norwegian government is conducting a national experiment that will incentivize the consumer purchase of electric cars in a new approach to dealing...
French president visits shrinking Icelandic glacier
French president Francois Hollande visited Iceland this past Friday to see the damage that global warming is having on the country’s glaciers. V...
Statoil name change to Circle K gets positive reactions
Announced in Oslo today, Statoil Retail and Fuel will be changing it’s name to Circle K. The current owners of Statoil Retail and Fuel, Couche-T...
Segolene Royal to witness signing between geothermal clusters in Iceland and France
Mme Segolene Royal the minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy in the government of France is on an official visit in Iceland during ...
New Norwegian oil field discovered
Wildcat drilling in the North Sea has revealed a new oil and gas reserve potentially worth 9.3 million barrels, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, t...
Significant rise in Iceland’s usage of renewable transport fuels
The proportion of renewable energy Iceland is using in its fuel consumption in transport has risen tenfold since 2010, revealed recent data. The repor...