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The Geothermal plants in Iceland are amazing to see. The tech is still quite new though. There are many improvements that will make them more efficient. Regardl

by ArtDev 11y ago

The Geothermal plants in Iceland are amazing to see. The tech is still quite new though. There are many improvements that will make them more efficient. Regardless, they are really really cheap to run. I would imagine that drilling deeper will would allow for Geothermal plants in more places in the world. Here is some background info on the poor economics of nuclear power: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_nuclear_power_plants#Recent_trends https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_nuclear_power_pla... http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-power/cost-nuclear-power http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-power/cost-nuclear-power

DanBC 11y ago
They're so cheap they might run a cable from Iceland to the UK to supply power. That would be a cable 30 cm in diametre and about 5600 km long. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b075pxg8 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b075pxg8 > The Ice Link interconnector would link Iceland's cheap and carbon free electricity from hydro and geothermal to the UK. It could provide the equivalent power of a medium sized power plant through a copper cable laid under the sea between the two countries. Crucially the power would be reliable and available when other renewable sources such as wind and solar are not. However, as Tom Heap discovers when he visits the land of fire and ice, environmental campaigners like Bjork fear that this green solution for UK homes could create a need to develop into the pristine wilderness of Iceland's Highlands. Should we pursue our global climate goals even if it has the potential to affect untouched and fragile landscape elsewhere? Tough decisions for Iceland and for us all. Producer: Helen Lennard.