It’s taken 13 years but at last there is an end date in sight for the bioclimatic housing project at the I.T:E:R renewable energy centre on the Granadilla industrial estate. Back in 1995, plans were submitted to build 25 totally self sufficient houses as prototypes at the wind turbine dominated park, but administration delays meant [...]

Walking around Tenerife, there are many examples of the volcanic forces that formed the islands, but for a real inside view, Cueva del Viento (Cave of the Wind) takes you into an underground landscape where volcanic lava flows have bored their way through the rock to form one of the longest series of volcanic tubes [...]

When you have all year round warm sunny weather like Tenerife and a capital city like Santa Cruz, blessed with such a range of attractions and good roads, cycling becomes a real pleasure. The addition of the tram system a year ago, has reduced the number of cars entering the city, so the time is [...]

Aguaviva festival of the seas is loud and proud, and music plays a big part in the celebrations. Several concerts were arranged in Tenerife and Gran Canaria this year but one of the most impressive was the performance of Fiction Plane at the Plaza del Conquistador on Saturday evening, just a short run and dive [...]

As the Santa Cruz tram system comes up to one year in operation, it’s congratulations all round, as it has won over many doubters and reduced the number of vehicles entering the capital city of Tenerife by 3 million.
Linking the bus station in Santa Cruz to La Laguna, the tram has carried 11 million passengers [...]

The waiting is over and the Aguaviva festival of the seas, is back, bigger and bolder than ever. The big music concerts will grab all the headlines, but there are a lot of other events going on all through June to educate, and promote awareness of the problems facing the sea, particularly, the Atlantic that [...]

Imagine a solar energy platform, the size of Gran Canaria, moored at sea, supplying enough clean, sustainable energy to power the whole of Europe. Wolfgang Ehrlich, and his team at the MARE Initiative can, but do politicians and businessmen have the scope to match that imagination, to solve the World energy crisis, as traditional fuel [...]

A new industrial estate in a rural area would normally set the alarm bells clanging but in Tenerife a new development could lead the way in the quest to recycle on a grand scale. A 22,000 metre estate in Arico, planned in 1998, has now been given the go ahead and should become home to [...]

“Serious cyclists really love climbing” so says Dr Leslie Brown with a grin of sheer enthusiasm, and he should know. Born in Sydney, Australia, he has always had a passion for bikes, and when he moved to Tenerife 3 years ago, he decided to develop that passion into a business and www.tenerife-training.net was born.
Tenerife has [...]

Sustainable energy makes good business sense, if you have any doubts, just look to the east. Energia Verde De Macronesia (EVM) is a joint Canarian and Japanese venture that is putting 100 million euros into building 2 large solar energy plants in Arico, on the east coast of Tenerife.
There are already wind turbines in the [...]