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Wide of car driving through isolated road in Falkland Islands with wind farm in background2. Various of vehicles pulling up in wind farm3. Close of wind turbine4. Wide of men standing...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003ePort Stanley, Falkland Islands - 15 March 2013\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of car driving through isolated road in Falkland Islands with wind farm in background\u003cbr/\u003e2. Various of vehicles pulling up in wind farm\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of wind turbine\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of men standing close to wind turbine\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of Glenn Ross (Power Station Manager) and colleagues\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close up of Glenn Ross\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close of others \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Glenn Ross, Power Station Manager, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands: \u003cbr/\u003e\"We started off with about 20 percent, we're now one third of our power for the wind farms but that means some weeks we're 45 percent and other weeks we're 29 percent but it evens out to one third. We're very pleased with that but it's quite natural for people to want more and we're no different.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid from inside jeep as power station workers open doors and take out equipment\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of men walking towards wind turbine\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid of men walking into wind turbine control centre\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close of worker checking controls\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close of digital touch screen controls\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Ford, Wind Farm Foreman, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands: \u003cbr/\u003e\"They have 5 turbines in Ascension now, but we've had a lot of interest from all over the world to come and have a look at our wind farms. It's a great thing for remote locations because it's a standalone system you know. It works with our diesel generators.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Pan of engine room of diesel \u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of man monitoring \u003cbr/\u003e17. Close of same\u003cbr/\u003e19. Close of output gauge\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of computer screen showing control panel of wind farm inside control room\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of Glenn Ross monitoring screen\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close of Glenn Ross tapping on computer mouse\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of Glenn Ross in office walking towards chart on wall\u003cbr/\u003e24. Close of Glenn Ross pointing out details of record wind output\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE (English) Glenn Ross, Power Station Manager, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The highest penetration we have had so far is when we had a total demand of 1300 kilowatts. At that time the diesel sets were only producing 350 of those kilowatts and the wind farm was producing 950 kilowatts and that's an incredible 73 percent.\"\u003cbr/\u003e26. Various of British military base in Mount Pleasant\u003cbr/\u003e27. Close of Glenn Ross walking through isolated scrubland near wind farm with windmill in background\u003cbr/\u003e28. Wide of wind farm\u003cbr/\u003e29. Close of wind turbine\u003cbr/\u003e30. SOUNDBITE (English) Glenn Ross, Power Station Manager, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I thought it was incredibly important to find the right site. Not everyone likes the look of a turbine and it does create quite a bit of controversy around the world and we are blessed with vast areas of land with nothing on it, so it was well worth while spending a bit of money and putting them somewhere, where if you can actually like them you can come out and look at them and people do. But if you don't like the look of the turbines you are not subjected to them on a daily basis. That strategy has worked really well in that we have not had a single complaint about our wind farms.\"\u003cbr/\u003e31. Wide of car driving through main street in Port Stanley\u003cbr/\u003e32. Wide of vehicle driving through centre of Port Stanley at dusk \u003cbr/\u003e33. Mid of man walking out of shop with lights on\u003cbr/\u003e34. Wide of vehicles driving through Port Stanley at desk with buildings with lights on\u003cbr/\u003e35. Wide of seafront view of Port Stanley with sunrise at dusk\u003cbr/\u003e36. Mid of the same\u003cbr/\u003eWind energy is providing more than a third of the electricity for Port Stanley, making the capital of the Falkland Islands one of the most energy friendly locations in the world.\u003cbr/\u003eWith big wind and big plans the community on the South Atlantic now hopes to take this green energy proficiency even further and shed their dependency on expensive diesel imports.\u003cbr/\u003eOften described as one of the world's most isolated locations, the Falkland Islands has long struggled with importing fossil fuels to supply the energy needs of its remote residents.\u003cbr/\u003eIn recent years a variety of green energy options have been explored, all trying to capitalise on the unique natural environment of the South Atlantic archipelago.\u003cbr/\u003eHitting on the one spring of energy that is cheap, green and in plentiful supply the Falkland Islands Government has had unprecedented success with wind power. \u003cbr/\u003eThe installation of three wind turbines in 2007 was the springboard in leading Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands to become one of the most energy friendly locations in the world.\u003cbr/\u003eNestled six miles outside Port Stanley another three turbines were installed last year, upping the average output to just over 33 percent of the island's needs.\u003cbr/\u003eThe head of the islands power grid, Glenn Ross, says while the project is showing unprecedented returns they have plans to take it further. \u003cbr/\u003e\"We started off with about 20 percent, we're now one third of our power for the wind farms but that means some weeks we're 45 percent and other weeks we're 29 percent but it evens out to one third. We're very pleased with that but it's quite natural for people to want more and we're no different.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOpponents of wind farms often claim there simply is not enough wind to make them viable, but the Sandy Bay wind farm has precisely the opposite problem.\u003cbr/\u003eIncreasing the penetration of wind power while dealing with gusts of up to 34mph presents a major challenge for Ross and his colleagues.\u003cbr/\u003eAlong with the German makers of the turbines and their management system they have developed a special approach that allows them to manage fluctuations.\u003cbr/\u003eA control system maintains rotor speed by adapting blade pitch. Three flywheels are used to store the output generated by the turbines.\u003cbr/\u003eDespite the difficulty in storing wind-powered energy, they are currently exploring the introduction of new storage technology.\u003cbr/\u003eThe adaptations they are making to the technology are proving to be a smart grid model that has global resonance. \u003cbr/\u003eChristopher Ford, wind farm Foreman, says it's becoming a showcase for green energy projects in similar locations across the world.\u003cbr/\u003e\"They have 5 turbines in Ascension now, but we've had a lot of interest from all over the world to come and have a look at our wind farms. It's a great thing for remote locations because it's a standalone system. It works with our diesel generators.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe islands power station operators say that every 17 kilowatts produced by the turbines means a gallon of diesel is not burned.\u003cbr/\u003eThis is excellent news for the government, which is desperate to shed its dependence on expensive diesel imports.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever diesel still remains the main energy source on the archipelago.\u003cbr/\u003eA management system to combine output from the diesel generator and wind turbines is homed in the main power station in the centre of Port Stanley.\u003cbr/\u003eIt is in fact the synergy between the two sources that makes the grid work.\u003cbr/\u003eTo deal with the fluctuations in wind power the key was to find a method of trying to maintain a constant output. \u003cbr/\u003eThis in fact means at times dumping some of the output created by the wind turbines.\u003cbr/\u003eThey are all the time developing the system to further exploit the green energy potential and bridge this technology gap.\u003cbr/\u003eRoss says that all the time they are upping the game and getting unprecedented results.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The highest penetration we have had so far is when we had a total demand of 1300 kilowatts. At that time the diesel sets were only producing 350 of those kilowatts and the wind farm was producing 950 kilowatts and that's an incredible 73 percent.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSeveral new government sponsored projects mean the remote archipelago is about to become an even more significant outpost for global wind energy.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the more innovative plans is the construction of a new three-turbine wind farm to supply the Mount Pleasant British military base. \u003cbr/\u003eThe facility will be owned by the government and the electrical output will then be sold on to British forces.\u003cbr/\u003eProviding clean energy to this 1300 community of UK military personnel continues to help the move towards sustainability, as well as protecting the islands' unique environment.\u003cbr/\u003eAs part of the ongoing roll out of the project the government is very conscious of the often-criticised aesthetic impact of wind turbines.\u003cbr/\u003eGlenn Ross says the advantage of a sparsely populated location means they can pick and choose the sites that best suit the local community.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I thought it was incredibly important to find the right site. Not everyone likes the look of a turbine and it does create quite a bit of controversy around the world and we are blessed with vast areas of land with nothing on it, so it was well worth while spending a bit of money and putting them somewhere, where if you can actually like them you can come out and look at them and people do. But if you don't like the look of the turbines you are not subjected to them on a daily basis. 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