Canary Island to be powered solely by renewables - AFP

[Eugene]

Canary Island to be powered solely by renewables

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MADRID (AFP) - El Hierro, one of the smallest of Spain's Canary Islands,
is to receive 100 percent of its electricity supply from renewable energy
sources, the Madrid government said Tuesday.

As part of a plan through to 2009, El Hierro will soon be able to rely on
a combination of hydroelectricity and wind power to generate its
electricity, the industry ministry said.

"El Hierro will be the first island in the world totally supplied by renewable
energy," the ministry said, without specifying when the scheme would
actually be up and running.

The island will rely on a system involving two reservoirs to power
hydroelectic stations, a wind farm and a pumping system.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070320/sc_afp/spainenergyalternative_070320194110

[jpak]

1. Impossible, can't happen, tiny, insignificant, and the rest...

:evilgrin:

Thanks for posting!

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