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News: October 2010

Call for proposals, Sustainable Energy Systems 2050 - 27.10.2010

On the 25th of October 2010 Nordic Energy Research launched a new research call on Sustainable Energy Systems worth 100 million NOK. The aim is to develop integrated solutions between Renewables, Low-Carbon Transport and Grids & Markets. Cooperative Nordic research consortia are invited to submit pre-proposals before December 16th 2010.

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Iceland Geothermal 2010 to be held on November 1st in Reykjavik. - 22.10.2010

On 1st of November 2010 a geothermal conference, Iceland Geothermal 2010, will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland. The president of Iceland, Mr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, is the patron of the conference. Read more

Switzerland new member country of IPGT - 6.10.2010

Today the International Partnership for Geothermal Technology (IPGT) welcomed Switzerland as its new member country. Swiss technical experts will bring to the IPGT their technical knowledge in induced seismicity, a new topic to be added to the six existing, high-priority areas identified by IPGT as crucial to the development of the geothermal industries in each country
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Iceland and U.S.A. sign bilateral agreement to develop clean geothermal energy.  - 6.10.2010

Today the United States and Iceland signed a bilateral agreement aimed at increasing the world's understanding of advanced geothermal technologies and accelerating their deployment.  The agreement was signed at the Culture House by the U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, Luis E. Arreaga, and the Icelandic Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism, Katrín Júlíusdóttir.

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A feasibility study report for a DME project in Iceland - 1.10.2010

As result of the Icelandic government's vision for zero percent hydrocarbon fuel emissions, a team of experts from Iceland and Japan have conducted the feasibility study of the synthesis gas Dimethyl ether (DME as an alternative fuel.

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