Solar energy is increasingly being used to power operations both big and small, but a group of three tiny islands in the South Pacific are now able to entirely use solar power to meet their energy needs. The islands of the Tokelau territory "now have enough solar capacity, on average, to meet electricity needs," said New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully. He went on to say that the project is the "world's first," and called the $7 million NZ project an "excellent example of how small Pacific nations can lead the way on renewable energy development."
Tokelau, which is a territory of New Zealand, previously had to rely on imported diesel to power its islands, which had "heavy economic and environmental costs," according to...
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