Iceland is a world leader when it comes to renewable energy production, having long developed its natural resources to power a green revolution. The Nordic island nation is home to abundant geothermal and hydropower energy sources, and it has also significantly developed its wind power sector in recent years.
The temperatures inside Krafla, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, reach up to 1,300°C, which, if accessed, could provide a vast amount of clean energy. Experts now plan to bore into a volcano’s magma chamber to access its fumes to produce green energy. Although the Icelandic government is actively pursuing the Krafla project, accessing the volcano’s energy will be extremely difficult as the machinery needed to carry out the project does not yet exist.