Solar-power generated ice plants to be developed in the Maldives
Under this agreement, the company is to finish the project within a duration of 240 days with a budget of MVR 1.7 million.
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While it has been some time since the world started making a move towards sustainability, some of the major efforts towards reducing our carbon footprint on the planet started only recently in the Maldives. With one of the biggest movements towards sustainability being the move towards solar-powered energy in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change, even smaller countries such as the Maldives have been putting in some major efforts towards this change.
For the Maldives, as of right now, some of the biggest steps towards making the country more sustainable and protecting it against the negative effects of climate change is the move towards reducing plastic along with the efforts being put towards using more solar-powered energy.
With this, recently the main commercial bank of the country, the Bank of Maldives had also announced that the company would be putting in a bigger effort towards sustainability with its plans to generate power for their ATMs through solar power.
And now, one of the biggest industries in the Maldives, the fishing industry is also taking a step towards sustainability. While the Maldivian fishing industry is already known for its sustainable methods of fishing, on June 4, 2023, the Environment Ministry of the Maldives signed a contract with a Chinese company Instac Import and Export Company Limited in order to create solar-power generated ice plants in four different islands of the Maldives.
Under this agreement, the company is to finish the project within a duration of 240 days with a budget of MVR 1.7 million. Upon the completion of this project the islands of N. Landhoo, Th. Madifushi, and Th. Vilufushi will have ice pants with a storage area of 30 tonnes and Th. Burundi will have an ice plant with a storage area of 15 tonnes.
This project is being carried out under the Maldives’ effort to bring the Carbon footprint of Maldives lower with the ‘Carbon Net Zero’ aim seeks to bring about some sustainable measures to the small island nation which is already facing the negative effects of climate change on a daily basis.
