The price of oil is skyrocketing. The ongoing war is causing difficulties for Europe in sourcing flour and other food products. Inflation is making consumption costs such as electricity and heating increasingly expensive. But in this global economic confusion there are those who plan a future life that is economic and sustainable.

It is a unique experiment in the world. An island that, thanks to hydrogen, is powered 100% by renewable energy and zero-emission technologies. This is the Isola dei Cavoli. A small clod of earth in the south of the extraordinary island of Sardinia, a region of Italy.

It is located within the “Capo Carbonara” Marine Protected Area (Amp), a body of the Municipality of Villasimius.

It is one of the most splendid sea coasts in Italy, where some beaches have nothing to envy from those of the Maldives or Cuba. Tourism is not lacking here, and the local economy works.

It is in this paradise that experts have tried to work a miracle.

This islet has recently connected all basic services to a renewable energy source. They called it the world’s first “Green Hyland” environmental concept.

“In this way – explain from the Amp – Isola dei Cavoli overcomes the inadequate concept of Net Zero and creates a new paradigm called Total Zero.”

HOW DOES THE CABBAGE ISLAND WORK?

1000 kWp photovoltaicpanels and a 1000 kg hydrogen deposit, which will allow the island to produce renewable electricity 24 hours a day.

But how does it work?

The 1000 kW electrolyzer system is able to convert the solar energy into hydrogen and store it in the tanks. This hydrogen is subsequently used by the fuel cell generator to produce electricity.

The project uses the Hybox system, designed by the Innovative Startup (based in Sardinia) H2D Energy, for storage renewable electricity using hydrogen.

This system provides the electricity necessary for the functioning of all the services on the island autonomously, through a network continues, during the day and night 365 days a year.

If there were only solar panels then they would need electric energy accumulators. That alone would not be enough.

For example, it cannot be ignored that there is adverse weather for days or weeks, during which the photovoltaic panels would not work and then the batteries would run down.

Hybox is a hybrid that harnesses the power of nature when it exists.Then the environment at night and the days with bad weather and clouds in the sky. An environment that has as its raw material something that is reproduced in a continuous cycle and is therefore sustainable.

For the first time, therefore, in an anthropized system, energy, sanitary water, waste water, land or sea mobility are supplied through technologies with zero emissions and environmental impact.

DRINKING WATER IS ALSO PRODUCED