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	Icelandic - Industry, Sector - Sectors, Export - Exports, Products, from - in Iceland.
		Iceland is one of the most advanced fish processing nations and a world leader in various areas of producing technology.
		Icelandic industry has grown over the last years and in 2003, the total value of exported goods from Iceland amounted for ISK 182,600 million.
		Iceland is the only country in Western Europe that still has large resources of competitively priced hydroelectric power and geothermal energy remaining to be harnessed.
	www.icelandexport.is /english/industry_sectors_in_iceland (588 words)

	Geothermal power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Geothermal power is electricity generated by utilizing naturally occurring geological heat sources.
		Geothermal power is generally harnessed in one of three ways.
		Geothermal power is generated in over 20 countries around the world including Iceland (producing 17% of its electricity from geothermal sources), the United States, Italy, France, New Zealand, Mexico, Nicaragua, Russia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geothermal_power (754 words)

	Iceland - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Iceland remained independent for over 300 years, and was subsequently ruled by Norway and Denmark, formally as a Norwegian crown colony until 1814 when the united kingdoms of Denmark and Norway were separated by the treaty of Kiel, and Iceland was kept by Denmark as a dependency.
		Iceland has many geysers (itself an Icelandic word) and the widespread availability of geothermal power means residents of most towns have hot water and home heat for a low price.
		Iceland has a Coast Guard (Landhelgisgæslan) and a SWAT team which is called Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad) and is under the command of the Reykjavík chief of police.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /iceland.htm (1544 words)

	Geothermal power in Iceland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because of the special geological situation in Iceland with the high concentration of volcanoes, geothermal energy is very often used for heating and production of electricity.
		In Iceland, there are three major geothermal power plants which produce about 17% (2004) of the country's electricity.
		In addition, geothermal heating meets the heating and hot water requirements for around 87% of the nation's housing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geothermal_power_in_Iceland (288 words)

	Encyclopedia: Geothermal power in Iceland
		KeflavÃk in Iceland KeflavÃk is a town of around 10,200 inhabitants in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland.
		The lake in autumn Ãžingvallavatn is a lake in the south-west of Iceland.
		Cogeneration (also combined heat and power or CHP) is the use of a power station to simultaneously generate both heat and electricity.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Geothermal-power-in-Iceland (676 words)

	FRONTLINE/WORLD . ICELAND - The Future of Sound . Facts & Stats \| PBS
		Iceland is governed by the Althing (General Assembly), the world's oldest still-functioning parliament, established in A.D. The average life span for Icelanders is nearly 80 years, which puts them among the longest-living humans on the planet.
		Iceland's biggest industry is fishing, which provides 70 percent of its export revenue and employs 12 percent of the workforce.
		The Icelandic horse is one of the most genetically pure breeds of horses in the world because the original Viking settlers forbade further importation of horses shortly after they settled there.
	www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/stories/iceland/facts.html (715 words)

	Geothermal Energy
		Geothermal energy is a versatile and reliable source of heat and electricity which generally produces none of the greenhouse gases associated with the combustion of fossil fuels.
		Geothermal energy is extracted for heating and electricity generation from natural steam, hot water, or hot dry rocks in the Earth's crust.
		Since the mineral-rich geothermal brine causes scaling that coats the heat exchanger pipes, steel particles are allowed to circulate in the stream, impacting against the pipes to remove any scaling as it occurs.
	iceland.ednet.ns.ca /schedule.htm (805 words)

	Iceland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Iceland remained one of the world's last larger islands uninhabited by humans, until it was first settled by Scandinavian and Celtic immigrants during the late 9th and 10th century.
		Iceland has a Coast Guard (Landhelgisgæslan) and a SWAT team which is called Sérsveitin (Task Force), commonly known as Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad), and is under the command of the Reykjavík chief of police.
		Icelanders enjoy freedom of religion as stated by the constitution, however church and state are not separated and the Church of Iceland, a Lutheran body, is the state church.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Iceland.htm (1915 words)

	petrolpump.co.in : energy sources, Geothermal power, Geothermal power in Iceland,Geothermal heating,Geothermal exchange ...
		Geothermal power is electricity generated by utilizing naturally occurring geological heat sources.
		Geothermal power is generally harnessed in one of three ways.
		Geothermal power is generated in over 20 countries around the world including Iceland (producing 17% of its electricity from geothermal sources), the United States, Italy, France, New Zealand, Mexico, the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan.
	www.petrolpump.co.in /energy-sources/geothermal.htm (504 words)

	ICELAND AND OTHER ATLANTIC ISLANDS - Geothermal Education Office
		Iceland is a volcanic island on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rift zone.
		Iceland has many high and low temperature geothermal systems, and if hydropower were not so abundant, geothermal electrical production would be far greater.
		Even so, geothermal energy is Iceland's second largest source of energy, with more than 5877 GWh/yr used for heating (85% of all houses!), bathing, greenhouses, soil heating, fish farming and industry, along with 49.4 MWe of electrical generation.
	geothermal.marin.org /map/iceland.html (198 words)

	Geothermal Energy: Applications
		Iceland) the geothermal water is of such purity that it may be piped up to 40 km directly to the users and through household radiators.
		The key to the success of a small-scale geothermal power plant is not to build a plant of oversized capacity compared to the demand, and always look for a possibility of integrating a hot water direct use system to improve the plant economy and also to contribute to the local community.
		Power plants with generation units up to 100 MW in size are connected to national power grids and usually operated in a base load mode, operating at full capacity continuously 365 days of the year.
	www.worldbank.org /html/fpd/energy/geothermal/applications.htm (4416 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| Iceland launches energy revolution
		Now the Icelanders believe they can turn that dream into reality within a generation - and they are taking the first steps next year in their project to create the world's first hydrogen society.
		The idea at the heart of the project is that Iceland can use its pollution-free, cheap electricity to "split" water into its component parts of hydrogen and oxygen through the process of electrolysis, something it has already been doing for nearly 50 years at a plant producing ammonia for fertilisers.
		Iceland's experts are also looking at the practicality of switching the huge trawlers that tie up at Reykjavik's fishing harbour to hydrogen power.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/1727312.stm (804 words)

	Geothermal power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Geothermal power is electricity generated by utilizingnaturally occurring geological heat sources.
		Large scale electrical generation is possible in areas near geysers or hot springs by utilizing naturally occurring steam, superheated ground wateror using geothermal heat to heat a heat-transfer fluid.
		Geothermal power is generated over 20 countries around the world including Iceland (producing 17% of its electricity from geothermal sources), the United States, Italy, France, New Zealand, Mexico, the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan.
	www.therfcc.org /geothermal-power-61671.html (200 words)

	Geothermal Heat Increases Our Energy Supply (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		As a result of today's geothermal production, consumption of exhaustible fossil fuels is offset, along with the release of acid-rain and greenhouse gases that are caused by fossil-fuel use.
		Today's geothermal energy use in the United States alone is equivalent to the burning of 60 million barrels (bbl) of oil each year, while worldwide geothermal energy use is equivalent to the burning of 150 million bbl of oil per year.
		Hydrothermal electric power plants are on line an average of 97% of the time, whereas nuclear plants average only 65% and coal plants only 75% on-line time.
	solstice.crest.org /renewables/geothermal/grc/supply.html (417 words)

	Iceland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Iceland remained one of the world's last larger islands uninhabited by humans, until it was first settled by Scandinavians, mainly NorwayNorwegians (Vikings), and Celtic (ScotlandScottish and IrelandIrish) immigrants during the late 9th century9th and 10th century.
		Iceland is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, a bit south of the arctic circle, which passes through the small island Grimsey off the north coast of Iceland, but not through Iceland itself.
		Iceland has a Coast Guard (Landhelgisgæslan) and a SWAT team which is called Sérsveitin (Task Force), commonly known as Vikingasveitin (Viking Squad), and is under the command of the Reykjavík chief of police.
	www.infothis.com /find/Iceland (1911 words)

	Energy Resources: Geothermal
		The first geothermal power station was built at Landrello, in Italy, and the second was at Wairekei in New Zealand.
		In Iceland, geothermal heat is used to heat houses as well as for generating electricity.
		Geothermal energy is an important resource in volcanically active places such as Iceland and New Zealand.
	www.darvill.clara.net /altenerg/geothermal.htm (553 words)

	Iceland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		The Republic of Iceland is an island nation in the northern Atlantic Ocean, located between Greenland and Scotland, northwest of the Faroe Islands.
		Iceland was first settled by Scandinavians, mainly Norwegians, and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th century.
		Iceland's parliament, Alþingi, was originally founded in 930 and it has operated since then in several different forms except for a 45 year period in the 19th century.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ic/Iceland.htm (1285 words)

	Iceland's geysers power the nation \| Business \| BBC World Service
		Iceland, the youngest country on the planet which is rich in volcanic activity, produces a large amount of its energy by harnessing the earth's heat and is aiming to become oil free.
		It's geothermal water which means it is heated by the earth and the reason is that Iceland is a very active volcanic region and therefore we have lots of heat.
		But despite the smell it's not just power companies that are attracted to these areas, sightseers arrive almost hourly by the coachload.
	www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/business/highlights/000901_iceland.shtml (570 words)

	STEAMBOAT GEOTHERMAL RENO NV. HOME PAGE
		Geothermal power plants have no sulfur emissions as opposed to fossil-fuel fired powered plants and there are no nitrogen oxide emissions.
		Geothermal heat pumps can be used to circulate hot water through the walls and under the floors of homes and offices.
		Geothermal energy is found in more than half of the Third-World countries and could be used to power their economic development without adding to environmental stress.
	home.nvbell.net /sbgeo/steamboat.html (911 words)

	Geothermal power in Iceland
		In Iceland, there are three major geothermal power plants which produce about 10% of the country's electricity as well as providing hot water for heating purposes.
		The first two of them produce both electricity and hot-water for heating purposes, whereas the third only produces electricity.
		3) The Krafla Power-Plant, situated in the north-east corner of Iceland.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ge/Geothermal_power_in_Iceland.html (136 words)

	Geothermal- Promising Power, or dead-end dillema? [Free Republic]
		Iceland's geothermal power potential has been and continues to be unhurried.
		Yes, the Geysers is a significant source of power for the region.
		The power lines would have to be strung out, the plant itself would have to be put in place, the condensate liquid would have to be either re-injected, or have a run-off collection site, and the access would have to be kept open year-round.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b3b87db46af.htm (1434 words)

	Geology 205 -Lecture 17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Larderello, Italy - Hot water use since 1777; Geothermal power since 1904; 300 wells to depths of 300-700 m; waters at 235 degrees C. at a pressure of 30 atmospheres; 300-400 megawatts; boric acid as a byproduct.
		Iceland - hot water use since 900 AD; 110 wells in capital of Reykjavik provide water for space heating, green houses, and swimming pools; Krafla in Northern Iceland has a geothermal power plant.
		The problem is worse for hot water geothermal fields than for steam geothermal fields, because a hot water system generated 3 to 10 times as much water.
	www.geol.binghamton.edu /faculty/naslund/205.lect20c.html (379 words)

	Iceland - Gurupedia
		Norway and Denmark, formally as a Norwegian crown colony until 1814 when the united kingdoms of Denmark and Norway were separated by the treaty of Kiel, and Iceland was kept by Denmark as a dependency.
		Limited home rule was granted by the Danish government in 1874, and protectorate like independence and sovereignty over domestic matters followed in 1918, foreign relations and defense remained in the authority of the Danish and the Danish king remained the sovereign of the nation until 1944, when republic was founded.
		Iceland's old parliament, the Althing, has 63 members, who are elected by the population every four years.
	www.gurupedia.com /i/ic/iceland.htm (818 words)

	Geothermal power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Geothermal power is electricity generated by utilizing naturally occurring geologygeological heat sources.
		[http://www.geothermie.de/egec-geothernet/ci_prof/australia_ozean/new_zealand/0080.PDF] The government of Iceland states ''It should be stressed that the geothermal resource is not strictly renewable in the same sense as the hydro resource.'' It estimates that Iceland's geothermal energy could provide 15 TWh per year over 100 years, compared to the current production of 1.2 TWh per year.
		The cost of new nuclear power has been underestimated and the potential of small scale renewable power sources overlooked, according to a report by an independent think-tank.
	www.infothis.com /find/Geothermal_power (710 words)

	World Press Review - Fuel Cells - Iceland - Hydrogen Power
		In 1978, Bragi Arnason, a professor of chemistry at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, proposed that Iceland could be a "Hydrogen Society"—that is, a society entirely free from the use of fossil fuels— by the year 2030-40.
		If hydrogen becomes the fuel of choice, Iceland would be uniquely positioned to produce it and export it without resorting to oil or gas to power the process.
		In 2015, the Icelandic government is scheduled to begin renewing the Icelandic fishing fleet using fuel cells.
	www.worldpress.org /europe/0123iceland.htm (913 words)

	Icelandic - Power, Energy, Hydropower, Geothermal Energy in Iceland.
		Icelanders are world leaders in the use of geothermal energy for domestic and industrial purposes.
		Geothermal steam has been used directly for a number of industrial processing applications in Iceland for decades now, and has also been developed for electricity generation on a small but growing scale.
		Both hydro and geothermal power are sustainable and supremely environment-friendly — “green” resources which are free from the atmospheric emissions of fossil fuels and the potential hazards of radioactive power sources.
	www.icelandexport.is /icelandexport2/english/industry_sectors_in_iceland/energy_in_iceland (540 words)

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