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Contest #638: Monte Plata Solar Project, Dominican Republic

Monte Plata Solar Project is the largest solar farm in the Caribbean region. Built by a division of Neo Solar Power, a Taiwanese company, the facility provides power for about 30,000 homes.

Those who lit up the region included:

  • Walter_V_R
  • Phil Ower
  • Martin de Bock
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Lighthouse
  • Eloy Cano
  • hhgygy
  • Garfield
  • Andreas Meister
  • RenĂ© De La Carte
  • Robin

After the hint:

  • Graham Hedley
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Contest #637: Mutriku Breakwater Wave Plant, Mutriku, Spain

Located on the northern coast of Spain in the Basque country, this ingenious power plant leverages the motion of the waves against a breakwater to generate power. The breaking waves push a series of columns of air. The moving air drives 16 generators.

Those who found it before the hint:

  • hhgygy
  • Eloy Cano
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Walter_V_R
  • Lighthouse
  • krenek
  • Martin de Bock
  • Garfield
  • Andreas Meister
  • David Kozina
  • Phil Ower

And after the hint:

  • Robin
  • Chris Nason
  • Jeather

By the way, I made a mistake in the hint — the 70,000 homes number comes from the previous contest (Steven’s Croft). Mutriku generates about 300KW, or enough to power about 250 homes. To be fair, I’m sure the “Basque” part of the hint was way more useful to people that needed it than the output number could have. I fixed it on Thursday, but, if that threw you off and kept you from entering the right place, comment here and we’ll consider giving you the point.

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Contest #636: Steven’s Croft Power Station, Lockerby, Scotland

Steven’s Croft is a biomass plant — the largest one in the UK. It runs completely on wood, most of which it receives as by-products from the mill next door.

This little video has more info (excuse the sound):

Those who found this site were:

  • Paul Voestermans
  • Martin de Bock
  • Garfield
  • Phil Ower
  • Walter_V_R
  • Eloy Cano
  • Lighthouse
  • hhgygy
  • Andreas Meister
  • Luciano P.
  • Root007-1
  • Nancy Barbato