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Plans To Build Electric Fuel Stations For Ships
Faxaports is currently working on a plan with foreign companies to build an electric fuel station at Grundartangi for ships to use while sailing, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]We are having a summer sale on all our Icelandic soaps, scrubs, face masks, perfumes and…
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Downtown Reykjavik Loses Power, Chaos Avoided
Restaurant patrons across downtown Reykjavik were mildly inconvenienced yesterday, July 12th, when locations in Laugavegur, Ingólfsstræti and Austurstræti lost power. Breki Logason of Orkuveita Reykjavíkur stated to Fréttablaðið that the cause of the outage was unknown, but that answers were being sought.…
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South Iceland Struggles In The Face Of Extratropical Cyclone
As pretty much all roads in the country are closed right now due to the extratropical cyclone rolling over Iceland, it bears mentioning that some places are getting hit harder than others. Reykjavík is on lockdown until 15:00 today, as the storm…
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Rural Iceland Still Dealing With Power Problems From Last Weeks’s Cyclone
Numerous regions of rural Iceland, especially in the north, are still experiencing difficulties getting electricity to homes in the area in the wake of last week’s cyclone, RÚV reports. The stark contrast between the swift attention shown to the greater Reykjavík area…
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Icelanders Consume Most Electricity Per Capita In The World
Icelanders consume the most electricity per capita of any nation in the world, RÚV reports, according to new data from the World Economic Forum (WEF). In 2017, Icelanders consumed an astounding 54.4 megawatts per hour. By comparison, the second place country, Norway,…
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As Electricity Demand Increases, Iceland Gets More Serious About Wind Power
Wind power in Iceland, which has been in the trial stages for the past few years now, may soon become a permanent part of the electricity grid, RÚV reports. Demand for electricity has already begun to exceed supply, and a new report…
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Last Fast Charging Station For Electric Cars Finally Installed On The Ring Road
Icelandic energy company ON Power has finally installed a fast-charging station in the area of Mývatn in the north of Iceland, thus officially opening the entire Ring Road to electric cars, Visir reports. According to ON Power, by the beginning of 2018…
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Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Have Significantly Reduced Electricity Consumption
Increased use of more energy-efficient light bulbs has reduced power consumption by about 8% in just five years. According to a statement from the Ministry of Industries and Innovation, household electricity consumption went from 4.9MWh in 2009 to 4.5MWh in 2014, marking…
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We’ve Got The Power
“We’re here in order to learn how to correct the mistakes our fathers made with oil,” says Máté Osvald, a Hungarian student at Reykjavík University’s Iceland School of Energy (ISE). He is one of 36 international students who have come to Iceland…
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Icelanders Consume Most Electricity
Iceland, Norway, Finland, and Sweden consume the most electricity per person in the world, and Icelanders most of all, reports NASA. Icelanders consume an average of 52,374 kilowatt hours per person per year, Norwegians 23,174 kilowatt hours, Finns 15,738 kilowatt hours, and…