Global energy renewable project on Galapagos boosts sustainable development : GSEP
Q. Success of a global renewable energy project on Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago has boosted sustainable development, according to a GSEP report. What does GSEP stand for?- Published on 31 May 16a. Global Sea Electricity Power
b. Global Sustainability Electricity Power
c. Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership
Success of global renewable energy project on Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago has provided a major boost to sustainable development as per a report. Meeting 30 percent of local energy needs, the US $10 million San Cristobal Wind Project reduced the GHG emissions and preserved critically endangered species according to a report released by Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership.
- GSEP is a NPO with 11 of the world’s foremost electricity firms.
- Initiative has displaced 8.7 million litres of diesel fuel and avoided 21,000 tonnes of CO2.
- Project’s three 51 metre tall wind turbines and two set of solar panels have been supplied on an average , 30 percent of electricity consumed on San Cristobal- the archipelago’s second largest island in size and population and went into operation in October 2007.
- GSEP has recommended the project’s expansion to further boost the renewable energy share to 70 percent.
- The Galapagos is an archipelago of 19 islands in the Pacific Ocean 1000 km off the coast of Ecuador has exotic plants and animal species and famed as a site of Charles Darwin’s research of the evolution of species by natural selection.
- Some of the islands have a growing population economically supported by thriving tourism.
