Lögberg-Heimskringla - 30.10.1992, Blaðsíða 2

2 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 30. október 1992
lceland looks to power exports
Serious discussions are under way
between Iceland and the Netherlands
on the feasibility of exporting electric-
ity to that country through an under-
water cable. The Dutch companies
involved in the project are PGEM,
EPON and NKF Cable, and on the
Icelandic side is Landsvirkjun .
Preliminary studies indicate that it is
technically achievable to transport
power through new types of cables
without much power loss. Under dis-
cussion is also that a cable factory be
built in Iceland, which could be in
Geothermal area at Nesjavellir near Þingvallavatn.
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place within 4-5 years. The latest
news is that German and Scottish
cóncems are also showing interest in
buying electricity from Iceland, and
discussions with them are under way.
No less exciting is the news that
production and export of hydrogen
may become a reality for Iceland.
Hydrogen is the cleanest buming fuel
known to man and Europeans seem
to be determined to switch as much
as possible over to that fuel. Germans
have for some time bought hydrogen
produced in Canada, but preliminary
studies on production in Iceland
indicate that it could be up to 25%
cheaper to produce. Another factor is
that Canadian producers would most
likely be heavily involved in exports
to the US when that country seriously
starts to tum away from fossil fuels.
Untapped rivers and steam power
from the hot spring areas make it
possible for Icelanders to produce
hydrogen in the cleanest way. It can
of course be produced by power gen-
erated by coal buming or oil, but that
defeats the purpose as these power
sources are polutants.
Europeans are far advanced in the
technology of using hydrogen.
German concerns displaying that
technology in Iceland last month
brought with them two car engines
designed to burn hydrogen, one a
Mercedes Benz, the other a BMW.
Transit buses are increasingly being
converted to the use of this fuel and a
prototype of Airbus is in the making.
The Russians have for some time
been flying the Tupolev 155 cargo
plane on hydrogen.
What makes hydrogen feasible
today is that European countries plan
a tax on fossil fuels as a means to
fight polution.
Who knows, maybe Iceland will
richly benefit from supplying the
world with a clean power source.
Based on news items from Morgun-
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