Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Iceland, Japan:

Iceland, Japan Can Cooperate to Boost Geothermal, Minister Says (Businessweek)

HS Orka geothermal energy plant at Grindavik, Iceland.
(Courtesy Arnaldur Halldorsson/Bloomberg)
Iceland and Japan, two nations rich with underground sources of renewable energy, can tackle climate change together by promoting the use of geothermal power, Iceland’s environment minister said.

“We can cooperate both in Japan and Iceland,” Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson said in an interview in Tokyo. “It is the know-how we have for how to utilize geothermal in many ways” such as power generation, heating, and fish farming, he said.

By combining expertise, the two countries would be able to provide help to other nations such as Djibouti and Kenya in East Africa and other developing countries, he said.

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