The Icelandic Minister of Energy, Katrin Juliusdottir, will for the next two years be driving an electric car. The electric vehicle is a Mitsubishi i MiEV, and it is a part of a test project which results from an MoU between the Icelandic government, Hekla and Mitsubishi Corporation.

Hrunamannahreppur, a local authority in West Iceland, and the companies Íslensk matorka and Matís have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding deveolopment of energy intensive food industry at the town Fludir which includes using geothermal warm water for fish aquaculture.

The second edition of Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland is out now. The booklet contains an informational summary of geothermal development and the regulatory structure of geothermal energy utilisation in Iceland