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Save the date! On October 21-22, the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat organises its second Energy Academy focusing on Croatian islands.

There will be an Island Marketplace? Yes! The Clean energy for EU islands secretariat is introducing the Island Marketplace in an online event! Join us on September 15 10:30-12:00. What...

ISLANDER started in October 2020 and goes one step further, paving the way for the full decarbonisation of EU islands’ energy systems by demonstrating smart grid solutions combining renewable energy production with storage technologies in real-life settings. Starting with the pilot island of Borkum.

A series of webinars focused on the clean energy transition on islands will be held in course of September, grouping sister projects that are being funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, in four separate events.

Last year, the Interdisciplinary Lab on Climate Change of the University of the Balearic Islands (LINCC) identified the need for organising a Citizens’ Climate Assembly on the Balearics.

Are you curious about the possible energy futures of your country in 2030 and in 2050, when aiming for climate neutrality?

The Clean energy for EU islands Secretariat has four main responsibilities. It aims to create a community of islands, provide a marketplace, provide technical support to islands, and analyse the legal and regulatory aspects that are important for islands in transition.

The future is here. Electric vehicles have arrived and we are looking into mobility based on electrons instead of fossil fuels. So far so good!

After last year's co-creation survey conducted by NESOI, islands began to carry out technology scouting to identify the critical technologies that could boost the energy transition in islands. On this basis NESOI partners wrote a report on critical technologies for island's energy transition that was published on July 13.

The University Institute of Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development (TIDES) is a research centre that aims to develop outstanding research, generating and circulating scientific knowledge, and integrating itself into international networks of excellence.

Due to the increasing demand for electricity and the use of intermittent energy sources (such as solar photovoltaic and wind power), scientific research is constantly engaged in the development of new sustainable systems for large-scale electricity storage.

The Clean energy for EU islands secretariat provided an article for the European Commission's "in focus" news item in July. The following paragraphs are a selection from this article. From...

The Clean energy for EU islands secretariat has published the Island Clean Energy Transition Pledge in eight languages. It is now available for download in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Croatian, and Greek.

The Clean energy for EU islands newsletter is available online. The newsletter is published every two months and includes exciting information on islands' clean energy activities, news from the secretariat...

On 24 June, the Commission announced that the Danish island of Ærø is the winner of the 2020 edition of the EU RESponsible Island Prize. Ærø won the title in...

On Monday, 14th of June we kicked off a series of Energy Academies organised by the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat with a first introductory session focusing on the energy transition of Cyprus.

The Horizon 2020 project “IntegrAted SolutioNs for DecarbOnisation and Smartification of Islands” – develops and tests tailor-made solutions for decarbonising geographical islands.

With more than 16 million tourists annually, Mallorca, the so-called “pearl of the Mediterranean” - offers great potential to become an international showcase for hydrogen and fuel cell integration at island scale.

Croatia has more than 1,000 islands off its coast, of which approximately 50 are inhabited, with only 17 islands having populations greater than 1,000 people. Most of the inhabited islands are already connected to and reliant on the national electrical grid.

This year’s Clean energy for EU islands forum took place on May 20 - 21. The event was a great success with around 270 participants and more than 50 speakers. Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy, held an intriguing opening speech on the first day.