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How a small island nation is working with Masdar to reduce its carbon footprint, diversify its energy portfolio and promote renewable energy leadership..
Three years ago the Seychelles was a small, remote island that was heavily dependent on importing fossil fuels. That was before Masdar, Mubadala’s renewable energy company, provided the technologies to help diversify the island nation’s energy mix.
Today, the Seychelles has five wind turbines that produce nearly seven gigawatt-hours of clean energy annually, displace about 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year and power more than 2,100 homes.
Phillippe Morin
CEO of Public Utilities Corporation.
Dr. Ahmad Belhoul
Former CEO of Masdar, Minister of State for Higher Education Affairs.
Since coming online, the wind farm has provided more affordable electricity to utility customers who, as a result, have seen a reduction in their monthly statements. Morin adds, “The skeptics are now convinced that renewable energy technologies can work in the Seychelles and can contribute to the country’s economic growth.”
The Port Victoria initiative is symbolic of the Seychelles’ commitment to reducing its carbon footprint through cleaner energy sources, and the first of many renewable energy projects it will work on with Masdar to produce 15 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.
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