Sustainable Energy On Sinking Islands: United Arab Emirates Puts Wind Turbines In Seychelles

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The distinctive Seychelles granite boulders on the coastline of Pointe Source D’Argent, La Digue island, Seychelles. Photo source: ©© Pixluser

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A brand new wind turbine farm was launched this week in the Seychelles, an archipelago off the east coast of Africa, with funding from the United Arab Emirates.

The project links a pair of strange bedfellows: One is an oil-rich Persian Gulf state of 8 million ruled by a dynastic monarchy, and the other is a democratically governed island nation of 86,000 where tropical beaches and hotels lure more than 200,000 well-heeled tourists every year.

Both countries stand to benefit from the energy project, but for very different reasons…

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Wind farm, Seychelles. Photo source: ©© Liviu Nicolof

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