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The smallest of the Canary Islands will become the first island to be fully powered by wind and water when it opens a new wind farm this summer.
Around 10,000 people live on El Hierro, the most southern of the Spanish islands, and when the wind plant is switched on it will take the strong winds that whip of the cliffs and mountains of the volcanic island and power it.
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"Upgrading to electricity" is not a phrase most industrialized world denizens think about much, given that it happened a century ago. For 20 percent of people on earth, though, the electric grid isn't making it to their slums and rural villages—not any time soon. Instead they rely on smelly, smoky, eye-stinging kerosene lamps for feeble light at night.
But solar panels don't require connection to the rest of the electric grid, and their prices are dropping.
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"What's the deal with the Bermuda Triangle?" - many Bermudians will agree that this is one of the most frequently asked questions by non-Bermudians to Bermudians or residents when they find out where we are from.
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When an environmental sustainable development programme was first implemented in a failing school with a high dropout rate in Puerto Rico, few knew what kind of impact it would have on the students in that community.
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Earlier this month, Government's Energy Commission approved Belco's proposal to change the existing fixed facilities charge to a graduated facilities charge. The change, which affects residential customers, comes into effect next month. If you currently pay more than $324 for electricity each month, get ready to see your monthly bill increase by $16.50 or $42. If you currently pay less than $197 monthly, you should see your bill reduce by $8 or $18.
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