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Iceland phasing out fossil fuels for clean energy

by Pat Coate | September 22, 2007

Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland may be best known for world-famous musical export Bjork, but there's a new star quickly gaining this island nation world-wide acclaim -- clean energy.

Virtually all of the country's electricity and heating comes from domestic renewable energy sources -- hydroelectric power and geothermal springs.

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