Romainville Island is an
artificial island
An artificial island is an island that has been constructed by people rather than formed by natural means. Artificial islands may vary in size from small islets reclaimed solely to support a single pillar of a building or structure to those th ...
in
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, ...
, lying 2 km from the capital
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
.
History
The island was created artificially during the 2000s. It belongs to the Mahe Port Islands, which are mostly artificial islands created by funds from
Dubai
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when the Dubai
dredger
Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing da ...
was placed in Seychelles.
The works began in 1998.
In 2012 the island was ready for installment of
wind turbines
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. Wi ...
.
In 2013 the island was visited by UN inspectors inspecting worldwide scale of
wind farms.
In the end of 2013 the
wind farm
A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turb ...
was launched
in 2014, it was reported that the
PUC farm on Romainville was a success
in 2018, Masdar will open a
solar farm on the island
Geography
The artificial island plan is an industrialized plan
Demographics
The warden's house is located on the island's south point.
Administration
The island belongs to
English River District.
District map
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Image gallery
File:Seychelles large map.jpg, Map 1
File:SC-La Riviere Anglaise.png, District Map
References
External links
Mahe Map 2015
Artificial islands of Seychelles
Islands of Mahé Islands
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