Old English ieg is actually a cognate of Swedish ö and German Aue, and related to Latin aqua (water). Cats encompass individuals as they get off a ship on the harbor on Aoshima Island, Japan, on February 25, 2015. Cats crowd the harbor on Aoshima Island in the Ehime prefecture of southern Japan on February 25, 2015.
Some of Samsø’s generators have been erected by a single investor, like Tranberg; others were purchased collectively. At least four hundred and fifty island residents own shares within the onshore turbines, and a roughly equal quantity personal shares in these offshore. Shareholders, who also embody many non-residents, receive annual dividend checks based mostly on the prevailing price of electrical energy and how a lot their turbine has generated.
Welcome to Island’s End
Before I left Switzerland to fly back to New York (a trip equal to utilizing roughly 2 hundred and fifty watts …