Sustainable Energy Resources and Economics in Iceland and Greenland

Helga Kristjánsdóttir is a Researcher and Faculty in Economics at University of Iceland in Reykjavik. She was Visiting Scholar at University of Copenhagen in Denmark at the Center for Applied Microeconomics, after obtaining her PhD in Economics from the University of Iceland, MS in Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium in 2000, and an MBA from Boston College in 1995. Dr. Kristjánsdóttir has worked in industry as a stock broker and management consultant, and her teaching experience includes classes in international economics, statistics and energy economics at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She has published on the intersection of energy and economics in multiple international journals, and her current areas of expertise are in energy economics, foreign direct investment, and international trade.

Introduction.- The hydropower source.- Utilization of renewable and sustainable sources: macro and micro economic perspectives.- Multinational activities and foreign direct investment.- The geothermal source.- Other unconventional energy sources.