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The Seychelles are a group of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 miles east of the coast of Africa. The archipelago currently relies on expensive and dirty diesel generators to produce most of its electricity.

 

Saving 1.6 million litres of diesel fuel per year

The Seychelles are a group of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 miles east of the coast of Africa. The archipelago currently relies on expensive and dirty diesel generators to produce most of its electricity, and fuel accounts for about 25% of the country’s total net imports. In short: Renewable energy makes a ton of sense there. That's why it's so cool to see that they just inaugurated their first wind farm.

It's located on Mahé Island, the biggest island of the Seychelles. It has a capacity of 6-megawatt, which should be enough to meet 8% of the island's electricity demand. That's enough to reduce emissions by 5,500 tons of carbon dioxide annually (and also reduce smog-forming emissions) and power more than 2,100 homes, saving 1.6 million litres of diesel fuel per year.

Definitely a good start, though I hope that they will keep expanding their wind power capacity (and maybe add solar PV and solar water heaters too) to eventually meet all of their electricity demand with clean sources.