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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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UK’s Thorny Road To 2020 Renewable Energy Targets

From the heart of North Yorkshire, a dark plume of smoke rises to the sky. The black stele comes from the chimneys of Drax Power Station, which burns more coal than any other power plant in Britain, and more wood than any other...

by Carlos Arturo

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Europe Hashes Out Climate Change Compromise

… and shows the world what to expect from the next round of global negotiations in Paris 2015. After the EU summit in Brussels this Thursday and Friday, European leaders struck a new deal on climate change and energy poli...

by Mathias Einberger

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