Europe: Iceland wants to be independent from fossil fuel

Iceland is among the countries hardest hit by the financial crisis. While trying to recover from the crisis, it plans to move the nation to use renewable energy completely.

Iceland plans to move the nation to use renewable energy completely since 80 percent of the nation’s total energy use already stems from renewable sources which boasts the world number one in this aspect.

Its unique combination of political will, a concentrated population of just 310,000 people and abundant, low-cost geothermal electricity could, in fact, lead to the first national charging network in the world.

Mitsubishi will be one of Iceland’s first partners. The company’s relationship to Iceland goes back to the early 1970s, when it began supplying turbines to the country’s emerging geothermal industry. Two years ago, Mitsubishi came to the table to talk about bringing its i-MiEV electric car to Iceland. Examples were brought over last year, their first visit outside Japan. Iceland’s financial crisis hasn’t derailed the Mitsubishi agreement.
Source: evwind.es