Iceland president: government to set up wealth fund for oil revenue
Iceland’s premier has said that Reykjavik is to set up a wealth fund ahead of a potential offshore oil boom to protect the country’s revenues. Preside...
Controversial Greenland mining labour bill approved
Lawmakers in the Greenlandic capital have voted in favour of relaxing regulations on local mining firms. The move, which will allow Chinese companies ...
Reykjavik issues offshore drilling licenses
Iceland’s government has issued several new offshore exploration licenses. According to reports, Faroe Petroleum has been granted a provisional explor...
Early bird tickets for Iceland Geothermal Conference still available
Early bird tickets for the Iceland Geothermal Conference (IGC 2013), set to take place at the Harpa Conference Centre in Reykjavik between 5th – 8th M...
Study: Finland a top candidate for Baltic LNG terminal
Finland is a strong contender to host a new LNG (liquid natural gas) terminal, a European Commission-backed report has said. The news comes amid effor...
Iceland-UK geothermal energy deal moves closer
A report has claimed that heating British homes with geothermal energy from Icelandic volcanoes is a very plausible concept.
Renewed talks for Sweden-Norway power link
A proposal to improve power grid connections between Sweden and Norway has been revived. Bloomberg reported on that grid operators from the two Nordic...
Dr Mike Allen to talk at geothermal energy conference in Reykjavík Iceland
Dr Mike Allen, executive director of the Geothermal New Zealand initiative, will be speaking at the Iceland Geothermal energy conference, IGC 2013, an...