Palmyra Atoll will achieve 100% renewable energy this year

Palmyra Atoll, one of the most isolated places in the world, will achieve 100 percent renewable energy this year through a microgrid project, becoming the first atoll or islands in the Pacific to achieve this major goal, the designer of the system confirmed to PBN. The $750,000 Waypoint Power project, which is expected to be online sometime this year, involves using solar, wind and batteries, Raymond Delio, chairman and CEO of R.P. Delio & Co., told PBN Wednesday. “[The Nature Conservancy] is…