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9. iceland

 
2020
2030
 
Electricity
Fuel
Electricity
Fuel
Total savings TWh/year
0.495
0.05
0.866
0.1
Ton CO2eq (2022 average emissions; 3,3K T/TWh)
1633.5
2,857.8
Kg CO2eq per person (2021 population)
4.3
7.6
Table 24: Icelandic results CO2

9.1 Iceland: Scale-down results

Scaling factors

Below is a list of available scales. Not all scales are used but can be used to indicate the country's population/GDP size etc. The description column explains the data in terms of scale, source, and year. The scale represents the country's percentage of the total EU consumption.
Table 25: Icelandic scaling factors
Name
Description
Scale
Times used
Electricity
Final energy consumption by product Eurostat [ten00123] 2022, electrical energy; TOE
0.74%
1
None
None
100.00%
5
Population
Population, 2021
0.08%
2
GDP
GDP, 2022; current prices, million euro
0.17%
6
Industry
Final energy consumption in the industry by type of fuel (elec.) [ten00129]; ESTAT 2021
1.62%
0
Service
Electricity consumption of services; Odyssee 2016; Mtoe
0.54%
0
Residential electricity
Final energy consumption in households by type of fuel (elec.) [ten00125]; ESTAT 2021
0.12%
13
Ref. stock
Ref. stock ICE / EU stock
0.07%
1
Washing stock
ICE washing stock / EU Stock
0.08%
1
Dishwasher stock
ICE dishwasher stock / EU stock
0.11%
1
Dryer stock
ICE dryer stock / EU stock
0.16%
1
Dedicated water heater
Stock ICE /stock EU
0.01%
1
Local space heaters ICE
ICE stock (10%) * HDD factor * area factor / EU stock
0.02%
1
Circulators ICE
Stock * HDD /EU stock
0.10%
1
Ventilation
Stock (same ownership as NO) / EU stock
0.20%
1
Data centres
ICE data centre consumption / EU consumption
1.77%
1
Houses
Stock of dwellings (permanently occupied), EUROSTAT; 2020
0.07%
0

Top-down results

The scale-down results are in GWh/year (other countries are reported in TWh/year, but Iceland is too small to use TWh/year). Most products only have electricity savings, but several heating-related products have both electricity and fuel savings. Savings for tyres are only calculated for fuel and not for electric vehicles.
The Impact Accounting report only calculate savings for fuel.
Table 26: Icelandic top-down results
 
2020
2030
Scale
Group
Elect­ricity
Fuel
Final energy
Elec­tricity
Fuel
Final energy
Scale factor
Scale name
Dedicated water heater
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.73 %
Dedicated Water heaters
Central heating combi, water heating
0
0
0
0
0
0
100.00%
None
Central heating boiler, space heating
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
None
Solid fuel boilers
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
None
Central air cooling
3
0
3
10
0
10
0.08%
Population
Central air heating
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
None
Local heaters
2
0
2
3
0
3
0.02%
Local space heaters ICE
Room air conditioner (of which cooling)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
None
Room air conditioner (of which heating)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.12%
Residential electricity
Circulator pumps <2.5 kW
14
0
14
15
0
15
0.10%
Circulators ICE
Ventilation units (res. and nonres.)
10
0
10
34
0
34
0.20%
Ventilation
Light sources
97
0
97
115
0
115
0.12%
Residential electricity
Electronic displays
24
0
24
61
1
62
0.12%
Residential electricity
Set top boxes
6
0
6
5
0
5
0.12%
Residential electricity
Video
5
0
5
5
0
5
0.12%
Residential electricity
Enterprise servers and data storage
36
0
36
53
0
53
1.78%
Datacenters
Personal computers
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.12%
Residential electricity
Imaging equipment
8
0
8
8
0
8
0.12%
Residential electricity
SB (networked) stand-by (rest)
23
0
23
19
0
19
0.12%
Residential electricity
External power supplies
6
0
6
6
0
6
0.12%
Residential electricity
UPS total
3
0
3
11
0
11
0.08%
Population
Household Refrigeration
50
0
50
59
0
59
100.00%
None
Commercial refrigeration
0
0
0
27
0
27
0.17%
GDP
Professional refrigeration products
5
0
5
17
0
17
0.17%
GDP
Cooking appliances
5
0
5
13
0
13
0.12%
Residential electricity
Household coffee-makers
2
0
2
2
0
2
0.12%
Residential electricity
Household washing machines
20
0
20
26
0
26
100.00%
None
Household dishwashers
24
0
24
42
0
42
100.00%
None
Household laundry dryers
22
0
22
36
0
36
100.00%
None
Vacuum cleaners
14
0
14
18
0
18
0.12%
Residential electricity
Industrial fans >125W
23
0
23
52
0
52
0.17%
GDP
Electric motors LV 0.12–1000 kW
47
0
47
99
0
99
0.17%
GDP
Water pumps
4
0
4
4
0
4
0.12%
Residential electricity
Standard air compressors
0
0
0
2
0
2
0.17%
GDP
TRAFO utility transformers
42
0
42
124
0
124
0.74%
Electricity
Tyres, total Cl+C2+C3
0
54
54
0
97
97
0.17%
GDP

9.2 Icelandic: Bottom-up results

Below are the bottom-up results for 2030. The table also shows the main assumptions for sizes in litres, kilograms, place settings, and lifetime in years.  All results are for households (not commercial or service).
Table 27: Icelandic bottom-up results
 
Size
Lifetime
Baseline GWh/year
Scenario GWh/year
Savings GWh/year
Refrigerator
260
12
13.3
5.1
8.2
Refrigerator/­freezer
240/90
12
53.2
19.8
33.4
Freezer (chest)
260
15
5.2
1.5
3.7
Freezer (upright)
260
12
21.1
7.9
13.2
Washing machine
7
12
47.5
21
26.5
Dishwasher
12
12
77.8
35.3
42.5
Dryer
6
15
56.1
20.2
35.9
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