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ecoatoll project

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This website is produced by My Clean Sky an air travel carbon offset service.

The site is designed as a one stop shop for information relevent to renewable energy providers who may be able to assist in providing an estimated 10 MW of renewable energy required by Addu Atoll, Maldives.

Renewable energy providers and other visitors to the site are invited to consider the CO2 footprint of their air travel and choose My Clean Sky to offset these emissions.

Click below to see the CO2 emissions from your last flight.

Over 600,000 people fly to the Maldives every year.

<< This good news, particularly if they offset their flights.

When you offset your flights with My Clean Sky, your money funds sustainable agricultural projects that absorb CO2 into the soil. 

The Problem and a Solution

The highest point on the Maldives is 2.4 metres above sea level.

The country will be the first to disappear underwater due to rising sea levels caused by global warming.

The Nation has announced that it wants to be carbon neutral by 2020.

There is only 10 years left to turn the energy infrastructure in the Maldives to renewables.

Some of the renewable energy systems that might be of value include those listed below.

Click on the links to find relevant data for each energy type.

At the heart of the problem is the continually increasing concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere as shown in the data below. Source: NOAA.

      ADDU ATOLL (Administrative division Seenu)

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Flying Germany to Maldives return will produce about 1.6 tons of greenhouse gases per passenger.

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ecoatoll data

Addu Atoll needs 10 MW of renewable energy. All energy proposals should take into consideration the Ecosystem Based Management Plan. This plan seeks to ensure that the economic development of Addu Atoll is undertaken in a manner consistent with maintinaing the ecological intergrity of the islands. This document is core reading for any parties interested in assisting Addu Atoll meet its renewable energy needs. Download Document.

OTEC data for the Maldives

Sea surface temperature maps.

Source:
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/ocean/cb/mald0sst.htm

more here: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/current/sst_series_maldivesmale_cur.html

If you have better data, please contact ecoatoll

Two potential locations in Addu Atoll were identified as shown on map below:

Aquarius Rising schematic for a land based OTEC plant.
www.trellis.demon.co.uk/models/model_otec.html

	The schematics are colour coded. Off-white - Turbine and generator building Pink - Warm water pumps Red - Warm water tank Pale Blue - Cold water pumps Blue - Cold water tank Yellow - Condenser/ desalination plant Pale Green - Fresh water tanks Light Brown - Services, control centre and maintenance Dark Brown - Power sub-station Purple - Sundry support facilities

Want the latest news on OTEC?
www.otecnews.org

Generating Energy from the Deep
New York Times - April 29, 2009

Wind energy data for the Maldives

In 2003, the US National Renewable Energy Laboratories released a wind report that included data on Maldives: Wind Energy Resource Atlas of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The whole report is available here, plus segments that relate specifically to the Maldines.

Overview of wind in Maldives.

For the Maldives, the wind map shows the highest resource in the north-central part of the Maldives just north of the capital of Male', from 4.5 degrees North latitude to 6.5 degrees North latitude.

This region includes North Maalhusmadulu, South Maalhusmadulu, North Miladhunmadulu, South Miladhunmadulu, and Faadippolhu Atolls.

The level of resource in these areas is considered good for small-scale village applications and moderate for large applications.

North and south of this region the wind resource is slightly lower but still considered good for small-scale and
moderate for large-scale wind applications.

These areas include the North Thiladhunmathi and South Thiladhunmathi Atolls at the northern end of the Maldives, and North Ari and Male' Atolls near 4 degrees North latitude. Male', the capital of the Maldives, is included in this wind resource area.

The wind resource gradually decreases from Male' southwards with the lowest resource found on the atolls south of 1 degree North latitude.

However, the wind resource is still considered moderate for small-scale applications and favorable locations for wind energy projects may still be found as far south as Addu Atoll.

The seasonal wind resource distribution varies throughout the north-south extent of the Maldives.

In the north-central region, which has the highest annual resource, the seasonal resource is highest from May through October during the west monsoon and from December through January during the northeast monsoon.

In the south, the resource is highest from September through November and in May.

Throughout much of the Maldives, the lowest resource occurs from February through April.

Solar energy data for the Maldives

Solar Resource Assessment for Sri Lanka and Maldives. The study shows that ample resources exist throughout the year for virtually all locations in Sri Lanka and the Maldives for PV applications, such as solar home systems and remote power applications. In the Maldives in particular, the high levels of solar resource throughout the entire country make it well suited for off-grid, island-based photovoltaic applications as an alternate to, or supplement to, diesel power generators. Because of the general high level of cloudiness and humidity associated with tropical settings such as this, the resources for concentrating solar power are generally less than adequate, except for certain times of the year. The seasonal variability in the Maldives is also larger than the spatial variability across the country at any given time, but less dramatic. Again, the period of highest solar resource is in March and April, when the region is transitioning from the northeast to the southwest monsoon. Full report (1.6Mb) Maldives pages

From another source

Data source:
www.gaisma.com/en/location/hithadhoo.html

Data collected 24 October, 2009

Launch of a wind Solar hybrid system in Maldives.