Dive Summary:
- Ecoisland's goal is to make the Isle of Wight completely sustainable by 2020.
- Ecoisland will meet the island's167MW peak demand through a combination of load reduction with smart grid technologies, tidal-stream generators, an energy-from-waste plant and geothermal and solar technologies.
- Ecoisland plans to increase solar production from 40MW to 70MW, complete a proposed 20MW tidal-stream generator and install smart grid technologies to reduce peak demand by 40%.
From the article:
"Chief executive David Green claims that self-sufficiency is feasible with smart-grid technologies delivering 40% savings in energy use across the 380sq-km island.
The strategy aims to use smart grids to reduce peak demand from 167MW to 120MW, while a proposed tidal array could provide up to 20MW, and the local solar sector could have its capacity nearly doubled to more than 70MW. ..."