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First wind turbines on Galapagos Islands will halve diesel imports, reduce risk of future oil spills
Date:2/18/2008

In January 2001, the world held its breath when the tanker Jessica, loaded with 150,000 gallons of fuel, struck a reef and began breaking up in the heart of one of the most precious, famous and fragile ecosystems on earth the Galapagos Islands.

At risk were vast numbers of unique species of flora and fauna renowned through studies by Charles Darwin that contributed to his landmark theory of evolution by natural selection.

While scores of wildlife required cleaning by Galapagos National Park Service staff and volunteers, the wind and currents stepped in to narrowly avert an environmental catastrophe. Yet the sight of thousands of gallons of oil pouring into the ocean off the Galapagos island of San Cristobal triggered a determined international initiative to mitigate risks of future spills by dramatically reducing the islands dependence on diesel fuel to generate electricity.

Ecuadors President Rafael Correa today launched his countrys programme to rid the use of fossil fuels on the Galapagos by 2015, an initiative led by the San Cristobal Wind Project three giant wind turbines that will halve the islands diesel fuel imports and pave the way for further renewable energy development elsewhere in the archipelago.

Turbines installed by the San Cristobal Wind Project, an international partnership between the government of Ecuador, the UN Development Program and nine of the worlds largest electricity companies (known as the e8), started supplying power on the islands last October. The system will meet 60 to 80% of electrical demand during the windy months of October, November and December.

Umbrella program for archipelago

The San Cristobal Wind Project is the first stage of an umbrella program supported by Equador and UNDP that will eventually bring renewable electricity hybrid wind-diesel with some photovoltaic (solar) to the 30,000 residents of the Galapagos archipelagos five inhabited islands.'/>"/>

Contact: Terry Collins
terrycollins@rogers.com
416-538-8712
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