Japan and South Korea are helping Ecuador meet the electricity needs of the country's nature-rich Galapagos Islands with power to be generated from renewable energy sources.
The Galapagos Islands, a group of volcanic islets in the Pacific about 1,000 km west of mainland Ecuador, are famous for a large number of endemic species, including giant tortoises and marine iguanas. They were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites in 1978.
Thermal power plants have supplied electricity on the islands, which have a population of around 30,000.