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Iceland, a world leader in clean energy, supports Africa s push for geothermal power Photo by Pixabay / 24 Jun 2020 At the beginning of the 20th century, Iceland was one of Europe s poorest countries, its people relying on a precarious and polluting mix of imported coal and local peat for electricity. But over the next century, the island nation would pull off one of the great energy makeovers in history, casting off fossil fuels and embracing geothermal power. Today, nearly 100 percent of Iceland s electricity comes from renewable sources, a transformation that has helped make its 366,000 people some of the wealthiest in Europe. For the last decade, Iceland has been working with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to spark a similar energy revolution in Eastern Africa. Iceland has done everything from financing exploration projects to training future geothermal engineers.

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