Residents of the remote Greek island of Tilos has taken a collective decision to transform their island into a green conservation zone for plants and wildlife.
Tilos is the first island in southern Europe to build a hybrid power station with battery storage, which could provide an example to other isolated communities looking to go green.
According to , islands often lack fossil fuel resources and are often sites for new energy technologies.
鈥淭he wind turbine, which was installed in 2017, now produces about three- quarters of the island鈥檚 energy in summer and a surplus in the winter months. The UNIWA team has also built a free charging station for hybrid vehicles.鈥�
The hybrid plant generates electricity both from the wind turbine and a small solar panel unit installed in a nearby valley.
The surplus power is stored in two high-energy-density batteries, each housed in a 20-foot shipping container.
Other small islands in the Aegean seem to be learning from the example.
On the tiny island of Agios Efstratios with a population of only 250, residents are eagerly waiting for their hybrid power plant, similar to the one on Tilos.
