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Dean Kamen: empire off the grid (ieee.org)
2 points by TriinT on Aug 8, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



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.

Now, solar panels, wind turbines and hydroelectric are being installed to give these communities a stable energy supply.

http://islandsgoinggreen.org/




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