The role of uninterruptible power supply in Iceland

If Iceland experienced a non-served energy supply, existing secondary energy would be equal to around 147GWh (0.9% of industrial demand), and non-served energy would be approximately 30GWh. This would not only include buyback energy. Iceland would experience severe curtailments, around 50GWh, one out of eighteen years.

The Icelandic national government and regulators should be proactive in ensuring that their citizens and the companies functioning in Iceland have acceptable levels of electricity security of supply.

Iceland needs long-term energy policies for maintaining and enhancing energy security, specifically for electricity supply. Some options include expanding clean energy capacity. (The passage also mentions other options for energy security and economic growth, but the focus is on electricity supply in response to the question.)

The interconnector increases energy security in the Icelandic system, as it functions as backup in instances of scarcity and necessitates an expansion of the local generation capacity.

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