Drowning Island Attempts To Emerge Through Renewable Energy

Tuvalu is the fourth smallest country on the earth is under the threat of being drowned. In order to find ways to rise from drowning crisis it has found resolutions through renewable energy. The nation has declared to seek its power supply source from cleaner and greener source of renewable energy by the year of 2020.

Tuvalu being located midway between Australia and Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean is one of the hotspots to be threatened by climate change. The island is experiencing negative affects of global warming in the form of rise of sea level. Tides are destroying habitats of natives for around 10 years pushing livelihood and houses of around 12,000 people to be flooded. To alleviate negative effects of climate change it has resorted to e8. The government of Tuvalu has taken an estimation of around 20 million dollars investments to meet its goal of alternating energy fully to renewable energy by 2020. And the initial step of empowering the nation with clean energy is covering the roof of nation’s largest soccer stadium with solar panels. The solar panels have been estimated to generate 5% of electricity as needed by Funafuti, the capital of the country.

As per estimations taken by Funafuti the solar panels after 14 months of operation have reduced use of generator fuel which was earlier imported from New Zealand. Earlier around 17,000 tons of generator fuels were imported from New Zealand. Moreover, replacement of solar panels in place of generator fuel has reduced 50 tons of carbon dioxide.

Tuvalu is espousing an array of strategies to prevent this small nation from getting flooded away with rising tides. One more scheme for solar power system installed at a secondary school from outer islands has shown its potential for reducing carbon footprint of this nation.