Tokelau s electricity is 93 generated by photovoltaics with the remainder generated from coconut oil.
Tokelau solar panel.
Tokelau is the first country in the world to produce all its electricity needs from renewable energy.
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People in tokelau began talking about a solar powered future more than a decade ago.
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The renewable energy system comprising of solar panels storage batteries and generators running on biofuel derived from coconut will generate enough electricity to meet 150 of the islands power demand.
Solar array s seen on the three tiny islands of tokelau to completely produce solar power energy.
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This small pacific nation with three atolls and 1160 people has switched off its noisy polluting diesel generators and is now totally powered by the sun.
Tokelau is one of the world s most remote countries and the first to be powered fully by pv.
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This report highlights the world first achievement of tokelau in using renewable energy sources solar energy and coconut oil for all its electricity.
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The systems are designed to withstand winds of 230 km h 143 mph.
In total 4 032 solar panels are used and 1 344 batteries weighing 250 kilograms 550 lb each.
The first power station was completed in august 2012.
Once work is complete tokelau would have replaced its diesel generators with 4032 solar panels 392 inverters and 1344 batteries weighing 250kg each.
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Sma solar technology ag sma delivered 93 sunny island inverters to control the standalone systems on the three coral islands and 205 sunny boy inverters to convert the direct current produced by the photovoltaic panels into the alternating current necessary for electrical appliances.
Elly earls met joseph mayhew of the new zealand aid programme to find out how this tiny collection of atolls has become almost 100 self sufficient in less than 12 months.
It explains why tokelau decided to switch from using fossil fuels and includes comments from a tokelau family that illustrate the impact of the change.
