Spanish Island To Be Powered By 100% Natural Energy Beginning Next Month!
El Hierro is the smallest of the Canary Islands, but next month it will make big waves when it becomes the first island in the world to go completely energy self-sufficient through a combination of wind and water power. Certainly, other islands have developed sustainable energy options, but none of them have gone off the grid entirely.
What aids El Hierro in this venture is its volcanic topography. Full of mountains that rise sharply from the sea (the tallest reaches 1,500 meters) and buffeted by strong Atlantic gusts, the island has the perfect terrain for a wind farm. The trouble with wind energy, however, is that sometimes the wind doesn't blow. Even though a study calculated that the new Gorona del Viento wind power plant will be able to supply 158% of the island's current electricity demand -- including that of 10,000 residents and three energy-hungry desalination plants -- there's no cheap way to store the excess electricity.
So when the wind disappears, so does the power supply.
read on:
http://www.offgridquest.com/homes-dwellings/building-methods/15-power-solutions/660-natural-powered-spanish-isle
Love Always
mudra
El Hierro is the smallest of the Canary Islands, but next month it will make big waves when it becomes the first island in the world to go completely energy self-sufficient through a combination of wind and water power. Certainly, other islands have developed sustainable energy options, but none of them have gone off the grid entirely.
What aids El Hierro in this venture is its volcanic topography. Full of mountains that rise sharply from the sea (the tallest reaches 1,500 meters) and buffeted by strong Atlantic gusts, the island has the perfect terrain for a wind farm. The trouble with wind energy, however, is that sometimes the wind doesn't blow. Even though a study calculated that the new Gorona del Viento wind power plant will be able to supply 158% of the island's current electricity demand -- including that of 10,000 residents and three energy-hungry desalination plants -- there's no cheap way to store the excess electricity.
So when the wind disappears, so does the power supply.
read on:
http://www.offgridquest.com/homes-dwellings/building-methods/15-power-solutions/660-natural-powered-spanish-isleLove Always
mudra
