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The Agora => Greek News => Topic started by: Jolly Roger on Monday, 13 November, 2017 @ 20:54:32
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As strange as it might seem, a tiny island in the Mediterranean could become the ultimate green territory.
Tilos, with a population of just 500, is playing a leading role in an award-winning European research project.
It is aiming to meet at least 75% of its energy needs with just renewables: solar and wind power.
Tilos island (http://www.euronews.com/2017/11/13/take-a-trip-to-tilos-the-self-sufficient-island?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=en&utm_content=take-a-trip-to-tilos-the-self-sufficient-island&_ope=eyJndWlkIjoiZTA4Zjc2NDA5ZmE3OWUwYjE5ZmJkZjVhZjVmZmQ3MTYifQ==)
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Guardian article also worth a read, gives a wider picture:
Tilos, first island in Med to run entirely on wind and solar power
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jun/15/tilos-greece-renewable-energy-wind-solar-power
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Another Greek island 'going green':
Agios Efstratios Island to be Heated with Renewable Energy
The remote island of Agios Efstratios is to be heated by renewable energy sources generated by the Aeolian and photo-voltaic systems that will be installed soon, an Athens Macedonia news agency report says.
The island of Ai-Stratis is not interconnected to the national electricity transmission and distribution network and its electricity needs are covered by Public Power Corporation diesel generators.
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/14/agios-efstratios-island-to-be-heated-with-renewable-energy/
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Greece’s Supreme Court has annulled a same-sex marriage conducted in 2008 on Tilos by the mayor of the tiny Aegean island.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/223767/article/ekathimerini/news/court-annuls-same-sex-marriage