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Linkages Update - Thursday, 27 March 2008
UNDP-SUPPORTED WIND ENERGY FACILITY OPENS IN ECUADOR
Ecuador officially opened a US$ 10.8 million wind energy facility on the island of San Cristóbal on 10 March 2008, as part of an effort to end the oil dependence of its Galápagos Islands. The San Cristóbal Wind Project is a partnership between Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the US, as well as the Government of Ecuador, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and nine of the world’s largest electric companies. The Project is the first stage of a programme called ‘Renewable electrification of the Galapagos’ (ERGAL), which seeks to lower Ecuador’s energy-related CO2 emissions by introducing photovoltaic and wind energy. ERGAL also seeks to substantially reduce the volume of diesel fuel shipped to the Galápagos for electricity generation, to decrease the risk of an oil spill that could damage the biodiversity in and around the coastal ecosystem of the islands.
Links to further information
People and Planet.net, 10 March 2008
ERGAL information sheet
