Maldives, one of the most beautiful nations on earth, held the artistic, theatrical event of an underwater government meeting last month, to try to bring more attention to the threats of climate change. Now, they are getting more practical but still grabbing headlines — they are looking to build a wind farm that will generate 40% of the island nation’s electricity needs.
The wind farm plans were announced earlier this week. The project will include 30 turbines and is expected to provide the nation with 75 MW of power, powering the capital city, their international airport, and more!
The wind farm will cost $200 million. It will be built by Falcon Energy, who has built 1.5 GW worth of wind farms (onshore and offshore) in Europe and Canada within the last ten years. Their contract for this project is for the next 20 years.
The wind farm should be provide Maldives’ capital, Malé, its airport (Malé International Airport), and 24 resorts with all of their electricity. That is not all, though. “Surplus power will be used to run an energy-intensive desalination plant that will produce bottled water from the sea.”
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Maldives, one of the most beautiful nations on earth, held the artistic, theatrical event of an underwater government meeting last month, to try to bring more attention to the threats of climate change. Now, they are getting more practical but still grabbing headlines — they are looking to build a wind farm that will generate 40% of the island nation’s electricity needs.
