Eight wind turbines, manufactured by a Scottish company, are now powering the first zero-emission research station in the Antarctic.rnThe Princess Elisabeth Station, located in an eastern province of the polar continent, is housing a team of scientists studying the effects of climate change.rnThe station is the first polar research base to operate entirely on renewable energy. Other stations rely on diesel generators because no wind turbines, until now, were believed to be robust enough to survive polar temperatures and winds.
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