How geothermal energy could provide ‘always on’ supply

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Renewable energy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Once a red-hot ball of molten rock, planet earth has cooled considerably over the last several billion years, but some of that...

Notes From a Cold Country | Between Great Walls & Glaciers

Provided you keep up with current affairs, you may have read that the President of Iceland, Halla Tómasdóttir, has just paid a visit to China. Given that no Icelandic Head of State has visited the Middle Kingdom in a decade, it’s the sort of news...

Iberseries & Platino Industria flings opens its doors

30/09/2025 - From 30 September-3 October, Madrid becomes a prime hub for Ibero-American production, with a programme spanning a market, talks, forums, workshops and sneak peeks Last year's edition of the event (© Irene Meritxell) The fifth edition...

Beach erosion: What are the ten best beaches that could no longer exist in a hundred years' time?

Europe's coastal landscape could be completely reshaped in less than 100 years. Sea levels are rising at an increasingly faster rate, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has warned in one of its latest reports. It said that, between 2006 and...

flydocs signs five-year digital records partnership with Air Atlanta Icelandic

Air Atlanta Icelandic partners with flydocs for a five-year digital records management agreement, covering its 17-aircraft fleet and TRAX integration. flydocs, a global provider of digital records, asset management, and engineering services, has...

Arctic Circle: Princess Takamado of Japan and U.S. senators among attendees

Over 2,000 participants from nearly 70 countries will take part in the Arctic Circle Assembly, which opens tomorrow, Thursday, at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík and runs through Saturday. Among the attendees are ministers and leaders from...

Mediawan Boards Icelandic Crime Series ‘Elma,’ Produced by Glassriver with Belgium’s Lunanime, Ahead of Mipcom (EXCLUSIVE)

Iceland’s production powerhouse Glassriver (“Black Sands,” “As Long as We Live”) has inked a major international distribution deal with Mediawan Rights for the anticipated crime thriller series “Elma,” based on Eva BjörgÆgisdóttir’s best-selling...

CityHub expands its European footprint

The Netherlands-based hospitality brand, CityHub, has confirmed plans to develop its fifth European location with the conversion of an existing property in Hamburg. The new site marks CityHub’s first hotel conversion and its entry into the German...

MCS Good Fish Guide updated for 2025

By DIVE Staff The Marine Conservation Society has updated its Good Fish Guide for 2025 in line with the latest scientific advice, which brings concerning news from some of the UK’s fisheries. The Good Fish Guide rates seafood caught, farmed, or...

Why movie production has moved out of the U.S. — and what a tariff could mean for Hollywood

The Hollywood sign in Los Angeles on Jan. 22, 2024 Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images There was a time when Hollywood simply referred to a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles. These days, "Hollywood" has come to represent...

Free Business Idea: Start A Budget Airline

Before we reached the delirious heights which The Reykjavík Grapevine now enjoys, with our marble staircases, third wives, fifth husbands and endless champagne lunches, we were like you: young, poor, beautiful, ready to vanquish the world with...

XRP Price Prediction: XRP Holders Earn $9,700 Daily with Mint Miner Cloud Mining

As the crypto market experiences a new round of volatility, investors are once again focusing on XRP. Analysts predict that (Ripple)XRP prices may enter a range of volatile upward movement in the coming weeks, with a short-term target range of...

Barbados ‘leads CARICOM’ in introducing paid paternity leave

15 Barbados has become the first country in CARICOM to grant fathers paid paternity leave — a landmark step that Minister of Energy and Business, Senator Lisa Cummins, said on Wednesday places the island “proudly” ahead of its regional peers in...

Iceland Declares Over 100 Vessels Unseaworthy

121 ships in Iceland have been declared unfit to sail following the unsatisfactory results of the safety checks on their lifeboats. The Icelandic Transport Authority revoked the seaworthiness certificates of 121 vessels after discovering...

Icelandic salmon farmers to turn sludge into fertilizers, biogas

Four major Icelandic companies have joined forces to tackle waste and promote sustainability in the aquaculture and food production sectors. Samherji Fiskeldi, First Water, Laxey, and Thor Landeldi have signed a cooperation agreement to recycle...

Iceland’s Leading Chef, Gísli Matt, Unveils Revolutionary Farm-to-Table Dining

Laugarás Lagoon is transforming the typical Icelandic thermal bath experience, celebrating the surrounding natural world and Iceland’s local produce across two extraordinary levels. This autumn, Gísli Matt - the chef who put Icelandic archipelago...

Iceland urged to pursue Arctic oil exploration

Iceland’s Chamber of Commerce has urged the government to reopen licensing rounds for oil exploration arguing that potential discoveries could bring “extraordinary benefits” to the economy. In a new report published on Thursday it estimates that...

The Retreat At Blue Lagoon Iceland Is A Transformative Trip

The Retreat At Blue Lagoon is a water wellness wonder where you can take a delectable dip into geothermal waters and experience a soul-soothing spa. The Retreat At Blue Lagoon I came. I saw. I conquered my cortisol. Earlier this year, I had the...

From sheep barn to $1.4B global innovator: How Iowa’s Kemin Industries built a multigenerational science business

Molecules are the building blocks of life and are the foundation of a multigenerational Iowa manufacturing business. Des Moines-based Kemin Industries is a $1.4 billion ingredient supplier run by the founding family’s second generation, who have...

Geothermal Grants Promise Major Energy Savings Across Iceland

Fossil fuel heating in the Westfjords towns of Patreksfjörður and Ísafjörður could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to major state-backed investment in geothermal infrastructure. At a press conference earlier this week, the Ministry of the...