Power plant to double as ski slope
Denmark’s flat landscape will no longer prevent people from enjoying downhill skiing after plans were revealed to turn a power plant into an artificia...
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iPhones freezing up in Finland
Despite boasting the latest in mobile phone technology, it seems iPhones are not equipped to deal with the weather of Finland.
Greenland glaciers ‘melt slower in the warm’?
Some glaciers in Greenland melt slower in warm summers than in cool ones, according to a new study.
EVE Online voted most innovative game 2010 by MMORPG.com
EVE Online, the ‘massively multiplayer online role-playing game’ developed by Iceland’s CCP Games, has recently been announced as the most innovative ...
Body heat harnessed for heating at Stockholm Central Station
A Swedish company has found a way to harness the body heat of people passing through Stockholm’s Central Station and use it to warm an office block ac...
Data center storage industry in Iceland to benefit from VAT Act
The Icelandic parliament recently approved amendments made to the Value-Added Tax Act that will consequently benefit Iceland’s data storage indu...
Icelandic company plans to sell 1000 electric cars in Iceland
The Icelandic company Northern Lights Energy (NLE) has signed a letter of intent with the U.S. company AMP Electric Vehicles to sell one thousand elec...
Facebook used in tax fraud fight
Tax authorities in Denmark have gone high-tech, using social networking sites to help dig out fraud. Skat, the country’s tax authority, has revealed t...