Talk:Electricity sector in Iceland

Environmental aspects
I remember reading about the environmental concerns of the new power plants prior to the investments. In my opinion this would be significant in the article. Please add data about the environmental concerns, Environmental impact assessment, public opinions etc. Watti Renew (talk) 17:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Energy Use
Do they use 53,129 kWh/person for heating or how can they spend that much?--92.228.180.179 (talk) 15:51, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * 53,129 kWh per year works out to an average of 6060 watts! This would be like running five hotplates continuously and is enormously more electricity than neighboring (equally cold) countries use. As the introductory section says, most of this electricity in Iceland goes into processing metals. Separating aluminum from bauxite ore, for instance, requires enormous amounts of electricity. Home heating, on the other hand, can use sources of energy other than electricity, like geothermally-heated steam. That said, I am curious how much of the electricity consumption does go into home use. 99.4.176.151 (talk) 22:33, 26 October 2013 (UTC)