A wind powered system

A number of you have asked us whether we're also interested in other forms of renewable energy. While our main focus is definitely on solar power, we are of course very interested in using other sources of renewable energy if these are appropriate to the local environment.

For instance, Patagonia, in southern Argentina, has lots of wind. That's why we're interested in hybrid solar and wind systems. Below is a photo of a prototype wind turbine developed by our partners in Patagonia:

It's housed in a small workshop at the back of the nuclear reactor site in Bariloche. That's because the head of our partner organisation there used to be the chief scientist of the nuclear reactor before he moved into social enterprise and renewable energy many years ago. Since then, he's harnessed the support of the other nuclear engineers and workshops to help with his new renewable energy projects. Excellent!