Antarctic bases turn to renewables - even solar

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Submitted by shompa on Wed, 2009-01-21 17:37

Date: 21-Jan-09
Country: ANTARCTICA
Author: Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

ROTHERA BASE - Renewable energies are gaining a foothold in Antarctica, curbing fossil fuel use despite problems in designing installations to survive bone-chilling cold and winter darkness.

thesaurus: 
Climate Mitigation
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Antarctica
Main Topic: 
Climate Change
Name of the Newspaper: 
Planet Ark (Australia)
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Clipping Type: 
DNB
IGF
External URL: 
http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/51298
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Publication Date: 
21/01/2009