A clear and supporting legal and regulatory framework is a main building block of enabling and accelerating energy transition on EU islands. In the past two years the Clean energy...
In the past two years, we have been collaborating with member states and island stakeholders to better understand barriers and opportunities to clean energy transition on the EU islands. Grid...
Islands face some of the most dramatic consequences of global warming and rising sea levels, including disproportionate biodiversity loss in comparison to the mainland. Islands can not only be pioneers...
Islands face some of the most dramatic consequences of global warming and rising sea levels, including disproportionate biodiversity loss in comparison to the mainland. Islands can not only be pioneers...
Islands that are non-interconnected to the mainland (or to larger grids on other islands) face specific challenges for their decarbonisation that often limit the development of clean energy projects. Intermittency...
In this webinar, we explored the fundamentals of marine technologies and provide an overview of available technologies and their readiness level. The advantages, disadvantages and suitability depending on the island's...
This podcast looks behind the scenes of the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat. Edita Dranseikaite gives insights into the beginnings and origins of the Clean energy for EU islands...
This third in a series of podcasts engages two islanders working on very different, but very relevant topics. One is the Ærø Island with its Ellen Ferry that connects it...
Moderation: Christina Protopapadaki - Clean energy for EU islands secretariat (Th!nk E) Lucía Blanco Cano - Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Spain) Michail Chatzipanos - Director...
Jan Cornillie – Project director, Clean energy for EU islands secretariat (3E) At the forum, we want to facilitate a dialogue between islands and share experiences from the islands regarding...
Solving the regulatory obstacles for clean energy transition projects on European islands Moderation: Lucija Rakocevic – Legal and regulatory lead, Clean energy for EU islands secretariat (Th!nk E) Gustav Blomberg...
Moderation: Jorge Rodrigues de Almeida – Financial lead, Clean energy for EU islands secretariat (RdA) Julia Guyon - International Energy Agency Petros Markopoulos - Project Manager, DAFNI Network of Sustainable...
Alexis Chatzimpiros, Project Manager at the Samsø Energy Academy, gave a short introduction of the most important elements of the RePower EU package and a short statement for the islands...
Island testimonials of clean energy transition strategy on European islands Moderation: Jan Cornillie – Project director, Clean energy for EU islands secretariat (3E) Alfons Röblom - Energy Minister (Aland islands)...
Moderation: Marina Montero Carrero – Technical lead, Clean energy for EU islands secretariat (3E) Ugo Toić - Cres-Lošinj archipelago (Croatia) Nuria Albet Torres - La Palma Renovable (Spain) Yiannis Fragkoulis–...
Kostas Skrekas - Greek Minister for Environment and Energy welcomed all participants to the EU islands forum and set out the role of Greek islands as inspiring innovation labs –...
Antonis Kabourakis – Mayor of Rhodes The mayor welcomed all participants and the previous speakers of the Clean energy for EU islands forum 2022 to Rhodes. Antonis Kabourakis started his...
Students of the University of the Aegean and pupils from Rhodes high school were asked to take part in deliberation on energy and climate dilemma. Results were presented to the...
This year, maybe more than ever, the transition to clean energy is coming to the fore. Due to the Russian invasion in Ukraine, the whole of Europe is going to...
The EU island forum 2022, was organised as an on-site event at the Rhodes Bay Hotel on Rhodes, Greece, and featured high-level keynotes by Greek MinisterKostas Skrekas and Commissioner Kadri Simson as well as...