Romainville Island, Seychelles
Nickname: Ile de Romainville | |
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| ISO code | SC-16 |
| Official website | www |
Romainville Island is an artificial island in Seychelles, lying 2 km from the capital Victoria.
History
The island was created artificially during the 2000s. It belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from
dredger
was placed in Seychelles.
The works began in 1998.[1][2]
In 2012 the island was ready for installment of wind turbines.[3][4]
In 2013 the island was visited by UN inspectors inspecting worldwide scale of wind farms.[5]
In the end of 2013 the wind farm was launched[6]
in 2014, it was reported that the PUC farm on Romainville was a success[7][8][9]
in 2018, Masdar will open a solar farm on the island [10]
Geography
The artificial island plan is an industrialized plan [11]
Demographics
The warden's house is located on the island's south point.
Administration
The island belongs to English River District.[12]
Image gallery
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Map 1 -
District Map
References
- ^ phase 2 completed for all islands in news Archived 2016-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ phase 2 completed for all islands in news
- ^ News
- ^ News
- ^ News
- ^ Masdar Launch in news
- ^ Report on Romainville
- ^ Quick facts from Masdar
- ^ Info from Masdar
- ^ Solar panel farm in news
- ^ Island development info
- ^ District map
External links
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