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Can we export this Canary Island energy self-sufficiency plan?

Since last summer, El Hierro, in the Canary Islands, is the first island in the world with a project working to make it energy self-sufficient. A hybrid hydro-wind generation system is currently working to provide the island ...

by Inma López

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5 Things You Can Do Today To Tackle Climate Change

If you ever feel that the steps you can take to reduce climate change have insignificant consequences compared to that of multinational corporations then the following facts will put things into perspective. Seemingly mundane...

by Tímea Fazekas

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Problems in the Pipeline: Violence in the Sinai Peninsula

The 7th July attack on the Egyptian North Sinai gas pipeline constitutes just one of a dozen such attacks since the removal of Mubarak. Worryingly though, this was the boldest and most carefully planned to date, providing an om...

by Marc Scarisbrick

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Peru Uses Sun To Solve Energy Deprivation

Peru has confirmed its place amongst nations committed to improving lives through sustainable means. On July 8, the first phase of “The National Photovoltaic Household Electrification Program” began. In short, it is aimed a...

by Joe Strong

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Can we export this Canary Island energy self-sufficiency plan?

5 Things You Can Do Today To Tackle Climate Change

Problems in the Pipeline: Violence in the Sinai Peninsula

Peru Uses Sun To Solve Energy Deprivation

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