At the end of Funafuti International Airport’s runway 21, a small roadway juts into the lagoon, making a path towards a pontoon of floating solar panels.
About 2% of the atoll’s annual power needs will be harnessed with this clean energy solution funded by the Asian Development Bank.
This initiative means that the sea which threatens Tuvalu’s existence has become a platform which will reduce reliance on fossil fuels which are a major contributor to global warming.
The AU$6million project consists of 184 x 545Watt solar panels with a . . .
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