Sustainable energy generation

"Stranded from mainland British Columbia’s main electricity grid by some 100 kilometres off the Hecate Strait, Haida Gwaii relies mostly on diesel generators to keep the lights on, which is something B.C. Hydro and island communities would like to change — and a local company wants to help."

“The main objective is to get us off (burning) 10 million litres per year of diesel (to generate electricity) for 2,500 people,” said Clyde Greenough, Yourbrook’s business manager and a partner in the venture. Yourbrook, which is spearheaded by a group of local entrepreneurs, is pitching a concept for harnessing the powerful tides in Masset Inlet to drive a separate hydroelectric system."

from: http://vancouversun.com/business/energy/haida-gwaii-company-looks-to-tap-tides-as-source-of-island-power

and: "On May 8—a particularly sunny and windy day—Germany’s renewable energy mix of solar, wind, hydropower and biomass generated so much power that it met 88 percent of the country’s total electricity demand, or 55 GW out of 63 GW being consumed."

from: http://myscienceacademy.org/2016/05/19/germany-generated-so-much-renewable-energy-it-paid-people-to-use-it/