Solar panels go into service near North Pole

Solar panels near North Pole? That makes my day. I hope those new generation 'Einsteins' found a promising shadowy place for their panels. That could multiply their genius ideas' outcome.

The windswept archipelago -- also known as Spitsbergen -- is located some 1,300 kilometers from the North Pole

Conversely, in winter, the region is plunged in total darkness from early October until mid-February, which makes it impossible for Isfjord Radio to completely give up fossil fuels.

Windswept, in darkness five months a year, and solar was their first choice? I could understand a solar & wind hybrid option, but surely, wind should have bee at least part of that equation.

"It's the first time anyone has done it at this scale in the Arctic,"

And, there seems to be the answer. It seems like they were just after the record for northernmost solar panel installation