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Clean energy for EU islands forum 2025

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Wed 14 May 2025 09:00 - Wed 14 May 2025 18:00
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Join us in the Azores for the #CE4EUislands forum 2025!

Island communities, experts, and stakeholders will come together to explore the path to achieving a 100% renewable energy future while balancing environmental, economic, and social priorities.

SAVE THE DATE: 14-15 May 2025, São Miguel, AZORES, PORTUGAL

Register now!

The forum will showcase the progress made with the EU islands secretariat’s 30 for 2030 initiative. We will discuss the first results, tackle the challenges of the island energy transition, and explore how the findings can be replicated to achieve a sustainable transition.

Participants will discover exciting projects currently leading the renewable energy transition across the 30 for 2030 islands, focusing on how they're meeting environmental, economic, and social needs. Through interactive discussions, we'll identify gaps and opportunities to scale up these successes. 

This year’s forum also offers hands-on collaboration with working groups tackling key environmental, economic, and social priorities and challenges that are vital for building a sustainable energy future! 

Logistical information

  • EVENT LOCATION & LIVESTREAM
    The event will be organised on-site at the Octant hotel in Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel, Azores, Portugal.
    Selected agenda points will be live-streamed. Please also register if you want to join online.

  • REIMBURSEMENT
    The Clean energy for EU islands secretariat offers travel grants for least-resourced participants who wish to join us at the #CE4EUislands forum. Please find more information here.

  • BOOK YOUR ACCOMMODATION
    We have created a document with some more information on recommendation for hotels. Find some hotel recommendations including promotional codes here.

Workshops

This workshop is part of our ongoing series of capacity-building initiatives to support the 30 for 2030 islands and island groups as they transition to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Please register for these workshops via the registration for the Clean energy for EU islands forum 2025 below.

Agenda & Slides

  1. DAY 1 | 14 May 2025

    Program details

    1. 09:00-09:30 AZOT
      Registration

      Check-in for on-site participation.

    2. 09:30 – 10:30 AZOT
      Welcome and objective setting

      Welcome and objective setting Welcoming of the participants from the Secretariat, DG ENER, and local hosts.

    3. 10:30 – 11:00 AZOT
      Introduction to the four dimensions of clean energy projects

      Keynote speech on the social, environmental, technical and economic dimensions of clean energy projects on EU islands. Considerations about their intertwined nature and the importance of balancing them for a successful project outcome.

    4. 11:00 – 11:30 AZOT
      Coffee Break

      Transfer to working groups

    5. 11:30 – 13:30 AZOT
      Breakout session #1: Renewable energy generation

      Projects developed within the technical assistance to the 30 for 2030 islands will be used as case studies to address social, environmental, technical and economic challenges and implications related to renewable generation on islands.

    6. 11:30 – 13:30 AZOT
      Breakout session #2: Sustainable transport

      Projects developed within the technical assistance to the 30 for 2030 islands will be used as case studies to address social, environmental, technical and economic challenges and implications related to sustainable transport on and from/to islands.

    7. 13:30 – 14:30 AZOT
      Lunch break
    8. 14:45 – 15:00 AZOT
      Introduction to the site visits
    9. 15:00 – 18:30 AZOT
      Site visits
  2. DAY 2 | 15 May 2025

    Program details

    1. 09:00 – 09:30 AZOT
      Registration

      Check-in for on-site participation.

    2. 09:30 – 10:30 AZOT
      Business plans and financing schemes for clean energy projects

      Presentation of the CE4EUI Marketplace. Discussion between experts on financing and development of clean energy projects. How do business plans take into account the peculiarities of islands? What are the most appropriate schemes for financing projects?

    3. 10:30 – 11:00 AZOT
      Coffee Break

      Transfer to working groups

    4. 11:00 – 13:00 AZOT
      Breakout session #1: Energy efficiency

      Projects developed within the technical assistance to the 30 for 2030 islands will be used as case studies to address social, environmental, technical and economic challenges related to the energy efficiency and reduction of energy consumtion.

    5. 11:00 – 13:00 AZOT
      Breakout session #2: Infrastructure and grids

      Projects developed within the technical assistance to the 30 for 2030 islands will be used as case studies to address social, environmental, technical and economic challenges and implications related to infrastructure and grids on islands.

    6. 13:00 – 14:00 AZOT
      Lunch break
    7. 14:00 – 15:00 AZOT
      Plenary discussion on the social, environmental, technical and economic aspects of the four project categories studied

      Plenary discussion on the outputs from the working groups of the two days. Presenters from the different breakout sessions will share the identified main challenges for addressing the four aspects.

    8. 15:00 – 15:30 AZOT
      Conclusion of the conference
    9. 15:30 – 19:00 AZOT
      Site visits and final gathering

Additional information

#CE4EUislands forum 2025 - Agenda