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At last: 24 hour electricity!
« on: October 12, 2018, 04:54:01 PM »

Fair Isle, the remote island half way between Orkney and Shetland, is famed for its knitwear, migratory birds and, of course, its place in the shipping forecast.

Now, for the first time in its history, Britain's most remote community will also have a reliable electricity supply 24 hours a day.

The island, which is three miles long and one and a half miles wide, has a population of just 55.

Since the 1980s, power has come from a combination of wind turbines and a diesel generator, with no way of storing electricity.
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