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Summary
Iceland's isolated, ~100% renewable power system — hydro + geothermal — on a 3D relief, studded with active volcanoes.
Description
Iceland — A Grid Apart. A shaded-relief 3D view of Iceland with its electricity system and active volcanism overlaid. The terrain is a real deck.gl 3D mesh render (Copernicus GLO-90 DEM), baked to a transparent PNG; every station, line and volcano was projected through the same camera so the overlays sit on the 3D surface.
Story: Iceland runs the world's largest island power grid with no interconnector to anywhere — ~100% renewable, split between hydropower (highland rivers) and geothermal heat, born of the same volcanic geology that studs the island with active volcanoes. The 132/220 kV "byggðalína" ring loops the inhabited rim.
Data sources & provenance: Terrain — Copernicus GLO-90 DEM (ESA / AWS Open Data), 42-tile mosaic. Coastline — geoBoundaries (gbOpen ISL), CC-BY. Power plants, substations, transmission lines, volcano summits — OpenStreetMap via Overpass, ODbL. Flagship station capacities — Landsvirkjun / ON Power / HS Orka station lists. Active volcanic systems — Icelandic Met Office (vedur.is) & Smithsonian GVP.