21st Century Sustainable Technology

1. Wind Turbine Project and other Initiatives Aim to Help Galapagos End Fossil Fuel Dependence by 2015
2. Shipping's CO2 Record Not So Shipshape, After All

Wind Turbine Project and other Initiatives Aim to Help Galapagos End...

2008-02-24 21:35

Business & Politics

Image courtesy of SmacNHawaii via flickr In commemoration of the Galapagos' discovery 500 years ago and 2001's devastating oil spill, Rafael Correa, the president of Ecuador, and the UN have announced an ambitious program to eliminate the use of fossil fuels on the islands by 2015. Their flagship initiative, the San Cristobal Wind Project, has already set up 3 wind turbines - which generate 2.4-MW, enough to halve the island's diesel fuel imports - on San Cristobal Island. The turbines are expected to supply 60-80% of the resi...

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Shipping's CO2 Record Not So Shipshape, After All

2008-02-24 20:24

Cars & Transportation

The Emma Maersk (largest container ship of its kind) consumes 200,000 liters of fuel a day - "equivalent to the needs of a small Danish city", according to reports. Denmark may not be a huge player in the green global village, but it is a place that prides itself quite a bit on being...well, a little more eco than its Scandinavian neighbors. Traveling the tidy Danish countryside, the towering wind turbines spinning out clean electricity are your first clue to this pride. The Danes, especially in Copenhagen, seem years ahead in bike culture, organic food and clothing, and just i...