Germany has 43 islands spread across the Baltic and North Sea. Rügen (926 km²) and Usedom (373 km²) are the largest islands. Several other islands are between 20 and 100 km², and many are even smaller than that. 156,000 people live on the German islands, corresponding to 0.2% of the country’s total population. Islands are integrated into the German public administration. The islands are either considered to be an "Amt" (collection of municipalities), a "Gemeinde" (municipality) or "Stadtteile" (city district).
Clean energy national targets
In the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan for Germany for the period 2021-2030, the Member State expects to reach a share of 30% renewable energy in the total energy supply and 65% in the electricity sector by 2030, a share of 27% of renewable energies in the heating and cooling sector by the year 2030 and a share of 27% of renewable energies in the transport sector by 2030.
