Pacific islands to go solar by 2012
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 16:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
TOKELAU, New Zealand, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- The South Pacific islands of Tokelau say they're committed to obtaining 93 percent of their electricity demand from solar power -- and the rest from coconuts.
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