Paul Gipe

Paul Gipe is an author, advocate, and renewable energy analyst who has been working on wind energy since 1976. He campaigns for the use of feed-in tariffs such as those used in Europe to promote wider deployment of renewables in North America. You can learn more on his website.

Iceland’s Renewable Energy Drive is Full-Steam Ahead

Posted by Paul Gipe on November 8, 2012
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Iceland is famous for its breathtaking scenery, its geysers, its Blue Lagoon—and for using its abundant renewable energy, and especially for tapping the volcanic roots of the island in developing its geothermal resources. Iceland today generates 100 percent of its electricity with renewables: 75 percent of that from large hydro, and 25 percent from geothermal.…