It is the third largest island in Mexico, with 539 km² of surface and 95.000 inhabitants. The project of the University of Jena, Germany, in collaboration with the Universities of Quintana Roo (Mexico) and the Litoral University of Argentina, deals with the subject of waste management starting from the question "how can sustainable waste management be created by bringing ...
With an area of 268,71 km², it is the smallest of the Canary archipelago, located west of the North African coast, in the Atlantic Ocean. Since 2000 it has been recognized by UNESCO as a "Biosphere Reserve". The island boasts a world record: it is the first island in the world to have achieved double water and energy autonomy thanks to an integrated system ...
Belonging to the archipelago of the BES islands in the Caribbean Sea, with an area of 288 km², it includes 18000 inhabitants. Since 2008, the municipality has decided to change its energy model by installing the wind farm consisting of 12 turbines. In moments of maximum wind, the wind power plant supplies 90% of the daily electricity. During the year, the contribution from wind power is ...
In February, the regional parliament of the Balearic Islands approved the law on climate change and the energy transition which provides for the total transition to renewable energy by 2050, as well as a whole series of green measures such as the ban on the registration of diesel cars. starting from 2025 (from 2035 for petrol engines) ...
The 70 windswept islands (of which only 20 are inhabited for a total of 17 inhabitants), have become one of the UK's leading centers for innovation in renewable energy, including the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier to accumulate surpluses of production of wind and tides, which often generate more electricity than the grid ...
A remote Tokyo island will use the sun's energy alone for six months to power several hundred families in a government-backed process to support the use of renewable energy. The demonstration process on the Hahajima Island of the Ogasawara chain will start in 2022 and will be managed by the Tokyo Municipality, TEPCO Power Grid Inc., a subsidiary ...