http://greenoptions.com/tag/balmoral Posts tagged 'Balmoral' Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:38:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/27/queen-greens-balmoral-castle/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/27/queen-greens-balmoral-castle/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:38:11 +0000 Kelli Best-Oliver http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/27/queen-greens-balmoral-castle/ The Queen of England has made her Scottish estate, Balmoral, energy-independent by installing a small hydroelectric plant.  The plant, near a stream on her estate, not only fuels her estate, but 1,000 area homes through net-metering.  Balmoral is no stranger to renewables.  The Queen had a water turbine as early as the 1920’s to provide electric lights to her castle, and in the 50’s, to a sawmill.

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