Turning carbon dioxide into stone: Inside Iceland’s innovative push toward sustainability

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The Nordic nation is powered almost completely by green energy, with nearly all heating and electricity produced using renewable sources.

SINGAPORE: Capturing carbon dioxide emissions and turning them into stone, and operating greenhouses powered completely by geothermal energy.of achieving carbon neutrality by 2040, said Ms Aslaug Arna Sigurbjornsdottur, the country’s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation.

This involves educating the population and equipping Icelanders with the necessary technological skills, which then allows the country to scale up its green efforts more quickly and on a wider level. Another example of sustainable innovation Ms Aslaug cited was Iceland’s way of capturing carbon emissions.

“Of course, Iceland is very lucky. We have a lot of land and green energy, nearly 100 per cent,” she said. “We see lots of opportunities to do better.” Iceland has traditionally focused its food production efforts on its land and fish farming, because of its vast expanse of land and surrounding sea, said Ms Aslaug.

“Iceland has over the years built upon pillars in the economy that are driven by sectors we cannot control, like the fisheries or tourists,” she said.But it has realised the need to strengthen its economy by building up more sectors, given the fast-changing nature of the global economy.

Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)

 

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