Sustainable Energy

Perforation type: 13 ½x12 ¾

Subject:

90 cents.

Wind farm on the coast of the island.

Additional:

A little fragment from publication of Columbia University, dated by 2.4.2014 - Aruba’s Sustainability Agenda


Aruba does not produce any fossil fuels on the island, and until recently, it was entirely reliant on imported oil. With the high price of importing oil, it is very costly to generate electricity and desalinate water. For those reasons, Aruba has recently placed great emphasis on sustainable energy production, and announced its goal of becoming completely fossil fuel-free by 2020 at the Rio Earth Summit in 2012. To help facilitate this transition, Aruba entered in a partnership with the Carbon War Room, an independent nonprofit that focuses on accelerating adoption of business solutions to reduce carbon emissions.

Aruba is already well underway to achieving this goal. About 20 percent of the island’s electricity comes from a newly built wind farm. Plans are also proceeding for another wind farm in 2015 and solar park at the island’s airport, which will create shade for cars in the parking lot while generating 5 percent of the island’s electricity. Since beginning these renewable energy initiatives, Aruba has cut its oil imports in half. The government has also promoted greater household application of solar and wind, by reducing duties on renewable energy imports and hybrid and electric cars, to encourage residential use of renewable energy.