Ahmedabad: Iceland has offered technological tie-up to Gujarat-based companies engaged in geothermal energy sector.
Mr Gudmundur Eiriksson, Ambassador of Iceland to India, made this offer at a meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) Regional Office in Ahmedabad, according to a release here today.
He said that the cost of geothermal energy generation is one-third compared with the cost of solar energy production. Iceland is already exporting geothermal technology to Abu Dhabi, Kenya and Sudan under the Development Assistance Project. He offered similar facilities for technological tie-up to Gujarat also.
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Mr Eriksson also called upon oil exploration companies to consider the possibility of oil exploration in Iceland and said his country is prepared to offer blocks for the purpose.
He said the universities in Iceland offered special courses in geothermal, clean and green and renewable energy. Iceland and India could share similar technological tie–ups as both were in sensitive seismological zones, for which Iceland had excellent technology.
In view of typical climatic conditions of Iceland causing skin diseases, India's healthcare and pharmaceutical companies could export services and medicines there. Also, Gujarat-based seafood industry could benefit from Iceland's high technology in fisheries as well.
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