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Spanish island to be first in world powered completely by renewable energy

It’ll be a mix of hydro and wind power.

Maybe one day, hopefully soon, lots of islands and towns will also be energy self-sufficient. Decentralization of power is coming, we will have multiple sources of energy generation, and they will be smaller and distributed widely. The political implications of this are obvious.

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2 Comments

  1. [...] Not to be outdone the Spanish are going to have an island powered by nothing but renewable energy. [...]

  2. Kudos to the Spanish Island which will completely self-sustaining using “hydro” and “wind” power – may more islands and countries follow your example!
    Andrew @ MALL727.net

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