Iceland?
Iceland is a Nordic Island country between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. The island is composed of a lot of volcanoes with most of them very active. All those volcanoes and the heat produce can be use as a source of electricity.
Geothermal Energy?
Geothermal energy is the thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth. In Iceland they are currently six geothermal power plants in Iceland that are actively used. They produce 26.2% of the nation electricity in 2010. Hellisheiði Power Station is the third largest geothermal power station in the world. This station has a capacity of 303 MW of electricity and 400 MW of hot water. Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station is the second largest geothermal station in Iceland which produced approximately 120 MW of electrical power 1,100 litres of hot water.
Use?
Other than being involved in the production of electricity, geothermal heat is used in varied fields such as in the fishing industry as well as in bathing and recreation.
Conclusion:
According to Geothermal Energy in Iceland, Liquid rock is close to the surface in Island, and that natural system is in which no greenhouse gasses are produced which being geothermal energy. Drilling into a volcano is risky, but the steam is captured into pipes which in turn are transported into turbines thus producing electricity. Geothermal energy will not only work in Iceland considering in Western United States Projects have begun to form. Geothermal source’s can be found almost anywhere, because molten rock is in the core everywhere. Why is Iceland significant? With liquid hydrogen and geothermal energy it concludes that economic growth can be rooted the utilization of environmental technologies and free enterprise. Wildlife is thriving in Iceland, and we tend to over complicate things in which are right below us thus creating an innovative simplistic society with the use of what could have been within our past.
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