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I'm always interested in how reality can be different from the popular notions. Sure, they have plenty of geothermal energy but it's not free to turn that heat into electricity. And many other things are pretty expensive on that island so it's not surprising that the cost of generators and other machinery is also expensive.

But we can dream that it's free, right?




There's no need to turn the heat into electricity then back into heat — they use district heating to move the heat directly to buildings.

This site says 90% of the population is covered by the system.

https://www.greencitytimes.com/geothermal-district-heating-i...


>geothermal energy

Geothermal here is used for heating homes, electricity production comes from Hydropower generation (dams).

Source, an Icelander.


About a third of your electricity is from geothermal sources.

Source: the actual data.

https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/IS


And farming in winter!




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