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Eco energy in the Canaries

March 30, 2010

A leader in green energy, Spain wants to run one of its islands fully on wind and hydropower.

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Coast of El Hierro (Source: picture-alliance/Rainer Hackenberg)
Image: picture-alliance/Rainer Hackenberg

Project goal: By 2011, the whole island is to be powered by renewable energy sources
Project size: Water and wind parks to provide electricity for 10,000 people
Investment: Around 65 million euros ($88 million)
CO2 savings: A planned 200,000 tons per year

Spain is now the leader in Europe when it comes to using renewable energy. The Spanish government wants El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands, to meet its entire energy needs from clean wind energy and hydroelectric power. That would make El Hierro the first island in the world to be completely free of fossil-based energy and make it a real model project.

A film by Michael Altenhenne

Global 3000 # Öko-Strom auf den Kanaren # 29.03.2010

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