Dr. Seán Ó hÓgáin:

The next slide shows the Island of Eigg in the Inner Hebrides. Interestingly, the island was bought out from a private owner in 1998 or thereabouts and it had no power connection to the mainland. Therefore, the community got together and put in its own grid, so they power their own island. The lesson we learned when we visited was that it was the community that did everything, including the design and the finance and they are now operating the system themselves. The next slide shows the technology involved. They have put in wind, solar and hydro, and the slide shows the high-tech electricity area. This is not a Mickey Mouse system. The island is perhaps 5% dependent on diesel at present but it is community managed.