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Iceland's power is hydro. (It's only ~26% geothermal)

The Aluminum smelting is done on hydro not geothermal.

Iceland is small compared to the USA or Indonesia for geothermal power. Large per capita, but Mexico has more geothermal power.

https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/the-top-10-geothermal-countri...

(Iceland also has geothermal heating for housing which works well)




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