Reykjavík is the capital of Island, a city with 120
thousand habitants and the most populous in the country. The city had a
significant development after the second world war, with the modernisation and population
growth.
Reykjavík is one of the top sustainable cities in
the world - figuring in the top of many ranks considering carbon emissions. The
main reason is that the city is largely powered by renewable energy - the
geothermal activity from its surroundings is converted into energy, and distributed
to the city, being responsible for almost 95% of the heating of the city,
nothing even seen in another contemporary city in the world.
In 2006, 26,5% of electricity originated from
geothermal sources, 73,4% from hydropower and only 0,1% from other sources. Some
estimative show that annually the use of renewable sources to produce energy
made Reykjavík save 4 million tons of CO2 from its emissions between 1944 and
2006 . The city's plan is that by 2050 the city will be completely free from
fossil fuels.
Sources: Danish Architecture Centre 2014,
Reykjavik: The Ground Heats The City, accessed 20 May 2014 < http://www.dac.dk/en/dac-cities/sustainable-cities/all-cases/energy/reykjavik-the-ground-heats-the-city/>;
Green City Times, Reykjavik (renewable energy mecca), accessed 20 May 2014, <
http://www.greencitytimes.com/Sustainable-Cities/reykjavik.html>;
Mihelich, P 2007, Iceland phasing out fossil fuels for clean energy, accessed 20 May
2014 < http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/18/driving.iceland/index.html>.
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