{"id":969,"date":"2010-11-25T11:57:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T11:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=969"},"modified":"2010-11-25T11:57:05","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T11:57:05","slug":"bbc-world-service-using-wind-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/bbc-world-service-using-wind-power\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC World Service using wind power"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(Thanks to Kim Elliot<\/a> for this item.)<\/em><\/p>\n

A key BBC World Service transmission site on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic has embraced on-site wind power with the assistance of sustainability consultancy AEA, which was commissioned to investigate renewable power options to replace ageing technology at the site.<\/p>\n

The new hybrid wind\/diesel power station is expected to save approximately \u00a3500,000 (US$803,000) a year on the diesel fuel that previously had to be shipped to the island, and reduce the frequency of tanker-supplied diesel fuel deliveries to 18 monthly intervals.<\/p>\n

The location and nature of Ascension Island made the project particularly challenging \u2013 the island is volcanic and has no deepwater port.<\/p>\n

However, since the turbines have been in operation they have generated in the region of 205 MWh of electricity a month \u2013 offsetting approximately 58,000 litres of diesel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Source: Power-Gen Worldwide Press Release<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Thanks to Kim Elliot for this item.) A key BBC World Service transmission site on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic has embraced on-site wind power with the assistance of sustainability consultancy AEA, which was commissioned to investigate renewable power options to replace ageing technology at the site. 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