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Clean energy for EU islands forum 2024

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The Clean energy for EU islands forum, themed "Power of Islands—Building Resilience through Renewables", took place in Pantelleria from 14 to 15 May 2024. 

The forum in a nutshell:

  • 151 participants attended the on-site event over the two days at Mursia Hotel, Pantelleria
  • 191 participants took part in the live stream;
  • 32 speakers;
  • 7 workshops covering a range of topics from the specific challenges of energy communities and cooperatives on islands to energy and water efficiency for the residential and hospitality sectors;
  • More than 10 presentations and panel discussions ranged from the “Green Islands” funding programme from the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan to the results from the secretariat’s regulatory study on the resilience of insular power grids.

Summaries and News

 

Agenda & Slides

  1. DAY 1 | 14 May 2024

    2. 09:30 – 09:45 CEST
      Welcome and objective setting

      Jan Cornillie | Fabrizio D’Ancona | Alejandro Ulzurrun De Asanza Y Munoz | Sonia Anelli

    4. 09:45 – 10:00 CEST
      The islands within the EU climate and energy framework

      Alejandro Ulzurrun De Asanza Y Munoz

    6. 10:00 – 10:20 CEST
      The “Green Islands” funding programme from the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan

      Maria Benedetta Francesconi

    8. 10:20 – 10:35 CEST
      Kythnos Smart Island

      Kostas Komninos

    10. 10:35 – 10:50 CEST
      Results from the Secretariat’s regulatory study on the resilience of insular power grids

      Lucija Rakočević

    12. 10:50 – 11:20 CEST
      Group work by Member State – Assessment of grid codes and regulatory/legislative frameworks for the development of RES on islands

      Regional Partners of the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat

    14. 11:40 – 12:10 CEST
      Discussion of the outcomes from the group work

      Lucija Rakočević

    16. 12:10 – 13:00 CEST
      Panel discussion on future-proofing electricity systems of islands

      Edita Dranseikaite | Alessandro Bianco | Konstantinos Kyparissis | Lucija Rakočević –

    18. 14:00 – 15:45 CEST
      Working group - The specific challenges of energy communities and cooperatives on islands

      Núria Albet-Torres | Claire Helly | Raphaelle Papa | Stefano Barberis | Riccardo Novo

    20. 14:00 – 15:45 CEST
      Working group - The opportunities for grid balancing and stabilisation arising from sector coupling

      Davide Astiaso Garcia | Georgios Exarchou | Lorenzo Di Fresco | Stefanos Kokkinelis | Petros Markopoulos

    22. 15:45 – 18:00 CEST
      Site visit at the hybrid solar PV/battery storage plant and at the water desalination plant

  2. DAY 2 | 15 May 2024

    2. 09:30 – 09:45 CEST
      Welcome

      Jan Cornillie

    4. 09:35 – 09:55 CEST
      The Islands Pact

      Eleni Marianou

    6. 09:55 – 10:15 CEST
      Technical assistance and capacity building

      Martina Cannata | Kostas Komninos

    8. 10:15 – 11:05 CEST
      Key notes – The energy transition for enhancing the resilience of economic activities on islands

      Guido Broggi | Jørgen Primdahl | Lina Dubina | Konstantinos Vlachos | Jorge Rodrigues de Almeida

    10. 11:20 – 13:00 CEST
      Working group – Energy and water efficiency for the residential and hospitality sectors

      Cristina Becchio | Mariangiola Fabbri | Amandine Gal

    12. 11:20 – 13:00 CEST
      Working group – Climate action, nature conservation, agriculture, tourism: how to bring competing land uses together for islands resilience?

      Jørgen Primdahl | Søren Hermansen

    14. 11:20 – 13:00 CEST
      Working group – Aligning different stakeholders for a robust energy transition plan conscious of all economic activities on islands

      James Ellsmoor | Eelco Kruizinga | Martina Cannata

    16. 14:00 – 14:45 CEST
      Interactive Session: Financing the energy transition of islands: the CE4EUI Marketplace

      Jan Cornillie | Jorge Rodrigues de Almeida | Amandine Gal

    18. 14:45 – 15:15 CEST
      Reports from the working groups

      Jan Cornillie

    20. 15:15 – 15:30 CEST
      Concluding remarks

      Alejandro Ulzurrun De Asanza Y Munoz

    22. 15:30 – 18:00 CEST
      Site visit to the energy efficient “Dammuso” (typical local building) and the Lago di Venere (Volcanic lake)
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Agenda - #CE4EUislands forum 2024
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