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By Maria McCann
Rathlin Island was only connected to Northern Ireland s main electricity grid in 2007.
Prior to that it was powered by unreliable wind turbines and old diesel generators.
Now islanders want to use the wind and waves that surround them to create their own green energy.
The ambition is to become completely carbon neutral by the end of the decade, according to Michael Cecil from Rathlin s Development and Community Association. The island relies on its ferry service, home heating oil, diesel and petrol for transport on island and gas for cooking, said Mr Cecil. All of those things produce carbon dioxide and other gases that pollute the atmosphere. We re keen to remove as much, if not all of that, as possible .
Des Moines County supervisors hear vaccine update
Bob Saar
for The Hawk Eye
When the Des Moines County supervisors met Tuesday, the agenda was mostly the COVID-19 vaccine situation.
Chair Thomas Broeker, Jim Cary and Shane McCampbell heard reports from department heads before turning the meeting over to Des Moines County Public Health Administrator Christa Poggemiller, who brought everyone up to speed on the current state of vaccinations in the county.
COVID vaccine
The bad news? There is currently no first-shot vaccine available or scheduled for DMC until the estimated Feb. 1 date for Phase 1B. Iowa is currently in Phase 1A health care providers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities.
Valentia Harbour
Both Michael Cecil, Rathlin Island Development and Community Association Chairman and Colum O’Connell, Chairman of the Valentia Energy Group in Kerry have welcomed the new courses. DCU have developed the Masters major and undergraduate degrees enrolling in 2020-21 including modules on Advanced Sustainable Energy Systems that must include a sustainable hydrogen element.
Dr. James Carton, DCU Assistant Professor in Energy Sustainability and Hydrogen acknowledges the role the Irish islands can have in this new academic offering saying, “Cormac Walsh of Energy CoOps Ireland and the ‘Valentia Islands’ project aim to build a relationship with DCU around our new sustainable Masters offering, working together on a shared learning journey that may include field trips, guest speakers, project supervision and shared research engagements.”
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