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Dean Kamen: empire off the grid

2 pointsby TriinTalmost 16 years ago

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andykingalmost 16 years ago
Even more interesting than this one-man band is the progress being made on Eigg and other remote islands off the West Coast of Scotland. Many have never been on the grid (they're islands with 10-100 people living on them) and they've previously relied on mucky diesel generators and such like.<p>Now, solar panels, wind turbines and hydroelectric are being installed to give these communities a stable energy supply.<p><a href="http://islandsgoinggreen.org/" rel="nofollow">http://islandsgoinggreen.org/</a>