Icelandic Foreign Minister Meets Romanian Officials To Discuss Geothermal Cooperation (Iceland Review)
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Össur (left) and Baconschi in Bucharest.
(Courtesy of the Icelandic Foreign Ministry. )
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Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphéðinsson met his Romanian counterpart Teodor Baconschi in Bucharest yesterday, suggesting
geothermal energy projects in the country and closer cooperation between Iceland and Romania.
Össur suggested using funds from the EFTA Development Fund, to which Iceland is party, to launch geothermal energy projects in Romania; in the western part of the country there are territories suitable for establishing heating utilities. Baconschi said he supported such projects.
The National Energy Authority of Iceland and the Icelandic engineering firm Mannvit have expressed their interest in participating in harnessing geothermal energy in Romania and are currently in talks with Romanian authorities to that regard.
