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Maldives President bolts his own solar panels
by Nino Marchetti for EarthTechling

Reuters    Translate This Article
8 October 2010

MALDIVES (EarthTechling/Reuters) - ... Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed climbed on to the roof of his official residence, Muleeaage, on Thursday morning, sporting a safety harness and hardhat, to join Sungevity employees in installing the solar system which will, at peak output, produce 11.5 kW of clean energy.

This is expected to save the Maldives more than $300,000 over the life of the system. President Nasheed, a former carpenter, screwed in the remaining bolts to help launch 350.org's weekend's Global Work Party, which the green non-profit says is 'the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet's history. At 7,000 climate events in 188 countries citizens will be getting to work on climate solutions and telling their politicians to do the same.'

The Maldives has announced plans to green its energy sector and pledged under the Copenhagen Accord to become carbon neutral by 2020. Sungevity, known for being the company which helped to kick off a grassroots movement to get solar panels back on the White House roof, will also be conducting an energy audit of Muleeaage to identify ways to cut energy wastage.

'Solar power helps combat climate change, reduces our dependency on imported oil and most importantly cuts our electricity costs,' said President Nasheed in a statement. 'The Maldives stands at the front line of climate change and we don''t have the luxury of time to sit and wait for the rest of the world to act. We are getting to work to start the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.'

Source: EarthTechling

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