With the wind and the sun being such a common denominator at Punta Gruesa and a source of contention amongst the habitants, the decision was made to harness them for the greater good. The impossible has now become possible, with PG seeing the installation of wind and solar power on the roof! After a year in the pipeline, the panels and turbine arrived and two days later, 6 large batteries and a converter now provide enough power to fuel all of the electrical needs at PG.
There are, of course, a few hitches in the process, including the need to rewire and a few slight technical issues, but hopefully the stored energy will be connected to the whole base giving us electricity 24 hours a day. This will take PG from remote and basic, to remote and luxurious! The need to use the generator for office work and fish and coral assessments will be gone and the evenings can be taken advantage of to do other things.
Hopefully, the system will outlast our needs at Punta Gruesa, saving petrol currently used to fuel the generator at nights, making the base run more efficiently and becoming more environmentally friendly. Now all we need is electric cars, rowing boats, an alternative fuel for the compressor and an electric cooker, and we will no longer need fossil fuels. Bring on alternative energy!
We’ve got the Power
With the wind and the sun being such a common denominator at Punta Gruesa and a source of contention amongst the habitants, the decision was made to harness them for the greater good. The impossible has now become possible, with PG seeing the installation of wind and solar power on the roof! After a year in the pipeline, the panels and turbine arrived and two days later, 6 large batteries and a converter now provide enough power to fuel all of the electrical needs at PG. 
There are, of course, a few hitches in the process, including the need to rewire and a few slight technical issues, but hopefully the stored energy will be connected to the whole base giving us electricity 24 hours a day. This will take PG from remote and basic, to remote and luxurious! The need to use the generator for office work and fish and coral assessments will be gone and the evenings can be taken advantage of to do other things.
Hopefully, the system will outlast our needs at Punta Gruesa, saving petrol currently used to fuel the generator at nights, making the base run more efficiently and becoming more environmentally friendly. Now all we need is electric cars, rowing boats, an alternative fuel for the compressor and an electric cooker, and we will no longer need fossil fuels. Bring on alternative energy!
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