RENEWABLE ENERGY IN

ICELAND
NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY
What's (really) bad about non-
renewable energy sources?
• Environmental pollution.
What's good about non- • Huge amounts of fuel reserves.
renewable energy sources? • Public health issues.
• Lots available. • They will run out.
• Easier to find • Oil spills.
Definition
• Very efficient. • Rising costs.
• Comes from sources that will • Health risks to workers.
run out or will not be • Simpler to transport.
replenished for thousands or • Easy set-up.
even millions of years
• Most sources of non-
renewable energy are fossil
fuels, such as coal, gas and oil.
• Non-renewable energy sources
can be used for all kinds of
things (electricity, heating,
manufacturing,
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RENEWABLE ENERGY
DEFINITION
A renewable natural resource is one
that can be renewed, or replenished
in a reasonable amount of time, once
it has been used.
Renewable energy is generated from
natural sources (sun, wind, rain, tides,
and vegetation).
It can be generated again and again
when needed.
What are the disadvantages of renewable
What are the advantages of renewable energy?
energy?
It is therefore sustainable and so will
never run out. It is difficult to generate the
quantities of electricity that are as
large as those produced by
Require less maintenance than traditional fossil fuel generators.
traditional generators.
Produces little or no waste products such as
carbon dioxide or other chemical pollutants,
so has minimal impact on the environment.
Renewable energy often relies on the
Renewable energy projects can also bring weather for its source of power.
economic benefits to many regional areas, as
most projects are located away from large urban
centers and suburbs of the capital cities.
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 RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SOLAR
Solar energy is heat and light
that comes from the sun's
rays.
This is known as radiant
energy, because the sun
radiates (or sends out) a huge
amount of this energy every
day.
Solar energy can be converted
into electricity, or used to heat
air, water or other fluids.
WIND
Its energy is absorbed at
different rates depending on
the type of surface.
Wind can be harnessed and
converted to electricity using
man-made structures called
wind turbines.
This electricity can be used for
residential and commercial
purposes.
BIOMASS
Biomass is organic matter –
anything that is alive or was a
short time ago - that can be
used as an energy source.
Examples of biomass
include wood, crops,
seaweed and animal waste.
It contains energy from the
sun and can be used to
produce heat, electricity, gas
and fuel.
GEOTHERMAL HYDROELECTRIC
Geothermal energy comes Hydropower is energy
from the heat inside the Earth. produced from the force of
It can be used to moving water.
produce electricity, to heat This force can be extremely
homes and buildings, and to powerful and is driven
provide hot water. by gravity. Hydropower
plants use this energy to
Geothermal energy is
the only renewable form of produce electricity.
thermal energy.
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 It is located in the North
Atlantic Ocean, between the Contains the biggest
rest of Europe towards east glacier in Europe.
and Greenland towards west.

The population of Iceland is

just over 300 with more than
It is the second largest island
60% of the population,
in Europe, with an area of
approximately 200 000
about 103,000 km2.
people living in the capital
area.

Mild Atlantic air in contact

Its location on the Mid-
with colder Arctic air resulting
Atlantic Ridge makes Iceland
in a climate that is marked by
volcanically and geologically
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frequent changes in weather
active.
and storminess.

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HYDROELECTRICITY ENERGY FOR ICELAND
Hydropower is the largest renewable
electricity source today, in addition to being
extremely flexible for balancing of complex
power systems.

Hydropower with reservoir storage can act as a

battery storing energy, while at the same time
providing flood control and water storage for
municipal and irrigation use.

Iceland’s precipitation has an enormous energy

potential. Much of it is stored in ice caps and
groundwater, and dissipated by evaporation,
groundwater flow and glacier flow.

In addition, about one-half of the total rainfall is

widely distributed, not precipitating in one
area, and therefore does not end up as a useful
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GEOTHERMAL ENERGY FOR ICELAND
The geothermal resources in Iceland
are closely associated with the
country’s volcanism, and its location
on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Iceland is one of the most
tectonically active places on earth,
resulting in a large number of
volcanoes and hot springs.
The high-temperature resources are
located within Iceland’s active
volcanic zone, running from the
southwest to the northeast of the
country, while the low-temperature
resources are mainly located in areas
flanking the active zone.
More than 200 volcanoes are located
within the active volcanic zone
stretching through the country from
the southwest to the northeast, and
at least 30 of them have erupted
since the country was settled.
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 Imported fossil fuels
are still used in
Iceland has an Almost all transport in Iceland,
abundance of clean, electricity in Iceland as ships, planes and
renewable energy is produced using cars tend to run on
Iceland is mitigating
thanks to its renewable energy conventional energy.
greenhouse gas
remarkable sources, with 73% of Electric vehicle
emissions for the
geography and electricity provided ownership is however
same number of
geology that provides by hydropower plants growing quickly and
industries generating
both hydro- and and 26.8% from recently there have
electricity with
geothermal resources. geothermal energy, been large
thermal sources
Iceland is well known accounting for over investments in
placed elsewhere
to be a world leader 99% of total charging
outside Iceland.
in the use of electricity infrastructure for
geothermal district consumption in electric cars, with
heating. Iceland. charging stations now
available all around
the ring-road.

RENEWABLE
ENERGY IN ICELAND
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 The need for scaling
up renewables is now
undisputed, and the
full range of benefits
they can bring has
come to the fore in
global discussions.

Not only rich

developed countries
have the
opportunity to
overcome cost and
internal barriers for
a green transition. Just as geothermal and hydro
power generation made sense for
energy transition in Iceland, local
conditions elsewhere will
determine which renewable
resources are the most efficient

CONCLUSIONS
and how they will be best
exploited. Because every country
is unique, each transition will be
different.

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