Case Study: Faroe Islands reveal the secrets of successful 'negawatts'

Jessica Shankleman
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Businesses on the remote islands see signing up to demand response schemes as more cost-effective than real blackouts

It is 1pm on a Thursday in mid-November and about 40 people have crowded into Sund Power Plant's small control room on the Faroe Islands. They are waiting for Finn Jakobsen, manager of distribution...

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