I haven’t researched this, but I imagine the reasoning goes something like this: Iceland has geothermal, and Norway has hydro. Both will need less storage than

I haven’t researched this, but I imagine the reasoning goes something like this: Iceland has geothermal, and Norway has hydro. Both will need less storage than solar (perhaps none?). Other more political thoughts are: Southern Europe looks like Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece. Perhaps Iceland and Norway seem more politically stable? And maybe this will mend some fences with Iceland after the UK seized it’s banks assets under the terrorism act (although that’s going back a little bit now). Edit: Typo