The winner of the Big Green Challenge is Eigg which gave the 95 residents of the Scottish island £300,000.
According to The Guardian, Eigg has shared the £1m Big Green Challenge prize from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts with two other winners, who were also given £300,000 by Labour peer Lord Puttnam, chairman of the judging panel.
The 95 residents on this island won because they installed a combined wind, solar and hydro-powered electricity supply to power their homes and they are working toward clean energy Independence.
Their efforts to move towards green energy have enabled them to be more self-sufficient in electricity and heavily cut their use of coal and gas, and no longer needing the coal, gas to be brought to their island via boat.
Check out the photo below and see how this Scottish Island can lead by an example for small communities around the world: - Caleb, Guest Blogger for Green Energy TV
Photograph: Murdo Macleod
According to The Guardian, Eigg has shared the £1m Big Green Challenge prize from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts with two other winners, who were also given £300,000 by Labour peer Lord Puttnam, chairman of the judging panel.
The 95 residents on this island won because they installed a combined wind, solar and hydro-powered electricity supply to power their homes and they are working toward clean energy Independence.
Their efforts to move towards green energy have enabled them to be more self-sufficient in electricity and heavily cut their use of coal and gas, and no longer needing the coal, gas to be brought to their island via boat.
Check out the photo below and see how this Scottish Island can lead by an example for small communities around the world: - Caleb, Guest Blogger for Green Energy TV
Photograph: Murdo Macleod
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