The hidden price of Iceland’s green energy

In times of runaway climate change, phasing out fossil fuels and increasing the share of renewables is imperative. But this transition is not without pitfalls as shown by a recent study of two large renewable projects in Iceland.

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Main Authors: Busch, Henner, Ramasar, Vasna, Carton, Wim, Guðmundsdottir, Hrönn
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/6a6b847b-6d52-445d-af21-c74b003ad609
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author Busch, Henner
Ramasar, Vasna
Carton, Wim
Guðmundsdottir, Hrönn
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Ramasar, Vasna
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spelling ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:6a6b847b-6d52-445d-af21-c74b003ad609 2025-05-18T14:03:21+00:00 The hidden price of Iceland’s green energy Busch, Henner Ramasar, Vasna Carton, Wim Guðmundsdottir, Hrönn 2018-11-24 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/6a6b847b-6d52-445d-af21-c74b003ad609 eng eng Science Nordic; (2018) Environmental Studies in Social Sciences Renewable energy Hydropower Geothermal energy Neoliberalism Iceland contributiontoperiodical/article info:eu-repo/semantics/contributionToPeriodical text 2018 ftulundlup 2025-04-23T14:48:13Z In times of runaway climate change, phasing out fossil fuels and increasing the share of renewables is imperative. But this transition is not without pitfalls as shown by a recent study of two large renewable projects in Iceland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Lund University Publications (LUP)
spellingShingle Environmental Studies in Social Sciences
Renewable energy
Hydropower
Geothermal energy
Neoliberalism
Iceland
Busch, Henner
Ramasar, Vasna
Carton, Wim
Guðmundsdottir, Hrönn
The hidden price of Iceland’s green energy
title The hidden price of Iceland’s green energy
title_full The hidden price of Iceland’s green energy
title_fullStr The hidden price of Iceland’s green energy
title_full_unstemmed The hidden price of Iceland’s green energy
title_short The hidden price of Iceland’s green energy
title_sort hidden price of iceland’s green energy
topic Environmental Studies in Social Sciences
Renewable energy
Hydropower
Geothermal energy
Neoliberalism
Iceland
topic_facet Environmental Studies in Social Sciences
Renewable energy
Hydropower
Geothermal energy
Neoliberalism
Iceland
url https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/6a6b847b-6d52-445d-af21-c74b003ad609