Iceland is now the leading exporter of geothermal expertise to the rest
of the world, according to the Trade Council of Iceland.Iceland's
engineers, geologists and financiers are working on projects whenever there
are incentives or easily-tapped reservoirs of
underground heat . Iceland's third-largest bank,
Glitnir, helped finance the world's biggest geothermal district heating
project in the city of Xianyang, China, and it retains a staff of
geologists to evaluate the potential of early stage drilling projects,according to sources.