At a time when sustainable green energy is in high demand and short supply around the world, the inhabitants of a small region in northern Iceland have more geothermal power than they know what to do with.
When the building of a new luxury hotel was being planned in the region of "Fljot" in Skagafjordur, on Iceland's north coast, the local utility company decided to drill a new geothermal borehole, in an attempt to provide enough hot water to heat up the hotel and provide water for the adjacent swimming pools.
The project was so successful that today, only about a fifth of the water from the borehole is used for the hotel and a few other customers in the area.
The 170m deep borehole provides about 30 litres per second of 110C degree hot water.
Experts say that the borehole in the Fljot region is not the only example of a geothermal power source being under-utilised.
