“Orkney is saturated with renewables,” says Kermode. Last year, plans were unveiled to transform an oil terminal into a world-first large green hydrogen plant – using wind to produce hydrogen at industrial levels. They are at the vanguard of green hydrogen technology, and their geography makes them an ideal place to learn how to harness the fierce tides and waves that lash the shores. Since 2013, the islands have generated more than 100 per cent of their electricity needs from renewable power. Ratios of electric car charging points per head are among the highest in the UK. Some 80 per cent of the islands’ total energy use is fossil-fuelled the remaining 20 per cent is from electricity, “and we have largely succeeded in decarbonising that”, says Kermode. The Orkney Islands have become the poster child of progress in clean energy and work similarly to Kermode’s house but on a larger scale, selling excess back to the grid. Regulation (by SSEN) currently prevents him installing a domestic battery for storage. The rest, he sells back to the UK grid – underwater cables connect Orkney to the Scottish mainland. With average winter winds of 36km/h, the device produces 16,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity each year – more than enough to power his own home and electric car. From his home desk on a blustery Orkney Mainland (the principal island in the archipelago), Neil Kermode, managing director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) can see his garden wind turbine spinning vigorously. You can literally feel the energy in the Orkney Islands – apart from the few days a year the wind doesn’t blow. We look at creative approaches of two award-winning islands: Ærø in Denmark, and Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland. Reality is often more prosaic, but could we learn how communities on islands – awash with wind, sunshine, wave and tidal energy – are pioneering use of natural resources? As the global energy supply tightens and the world grows ever hotter, the need to muster clean energy becomes acute. The lid can easily be removed in seconds from the aquarium for maintenance or cleaning with no tools.Remote and rugged, a refuge from modern life – the cultural myths surrounding islands and their inhabitants have a fierce hold over our imaginations. The rear sump areas and overflows (if your specific aquarium is equipped) remain open and are not covered by the lid. On rimmed and biocube style aquariums, the lid sits on the inner lip of the plastic frame. On rimless aquariums, the lid is secured in place on your aquarium by a machined lip around the perimeter of the lid, with the inner portion of the frame recessed below the top of the glass. The middle of the lid frame has a 1/4” POLYETHYLENE CLEAR PLASTIC MESH installed by a serrated vinyl retainer spline. Our FEED CUP may be purchased as an add-on item for a convenient and hassle-free way to feed. If the PREMIUM FEED style is selected, it will include a feed opening/hole in the frame, includes a clear polycarbonate COVER. Our LID FRAME is proudly machined in the USA by Kraken Reef by CNC from a single sheet of clear polycarbonate. Kraken Reef lids are designed with your tank inhabitant's safety in mind while keeping your aquarium's stunning ascetics.
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