Galapagos renewables project touts reduction of diesel imports

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Organisation behind $10m San Cristóbal Wind Project says it has slashed diesel imports by millions of litres

An industry-funded renewable energy project has avoided the import of millions of litres of diesel fuel onto the ecologically-fragile Galapagos Islands, the group behind the project said on Sunday...

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