After many months working closely with European island stakeholders, the final reports from the first round of Technical Assistance (carried out during 2021 and beginning of 2022) are now available. The EU islands secretariat offered support to European islands to further advance in the clean energy transition, through two calls for applications (Round 1 in April 2021 and Round 2 in March 2022).

This report is covering the Technical Assistance provided to the Island of Symi, Greece. 

After many months working closely with European island stakeholders, the final reports from the first round of Technical Assistance (carried out during 2021 and beginning of 2022) are now available. The EU islands secretariat offered support to European islands to further advance in the clean energy transition, through two calls for applications (Round 1 in April 2021 and Round 2 in March 2022).

This report is covering the Technical Assistance provided to the Island of Porto Santo, Portugal. 

Over 70 participants took part in this Energy Academy that covered all pillars – local authorities, academia and educational institutions, local businesses and civic organisations. The people that joined in person were 17 and 19 on the first and second day respectively. In parallel, on average 50 people joined online.
In order to achieve the islands’ transition to clean energy, increased penetration of RES will be required.

During this session, after a welcome note from Mrs Theodora Antoniou from the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry of Cyprus, the goals of the Secretariat and its ongoing work were introduced, specifically focusing on the technical assistance through the Energy Academies.

On April 26, the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat organised the Energy Academy focusing on Estonian islands. This Energy Academy took place entirely online and was held in Estonian. The main focus of this Energy Academy included Estonian policy influencing the clean energy transition on Estonian islands, community energy, and opportunities and challenges for West-Estonian islands.

El Rosario is a municipality in the northeastern part of the Spanish Island of Tenerife, which is part of the Canary Islands. El Rosario launched an energy community with twenty member, names Rosario Solar in June 2022. Learn more about it in the video. 

Bozcaada is Turkish Island in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea and administratively constitutes the Bozcaada district of Çanakkale province. Around 3,000 people live on this small island. Through the VPP4islands project, 17 wind turbines with more 10MW of nominal capacity have been installed. In addition, the island is equipped with a solar installation of 20kW and 30kW wind turbine. The electricity generated by these two systems is used to electrolyze water into hydrogen. This gas is stored compressed and used later to generate energy or as fuel in hydrogen-powered cars.

 La Graciosa is a volcanic island and part of the Spanish Canary Islands. The video presents the technical solutions to achieve energy independence in dwellings in small islands. The idea is to make energy efficiency closer by using renewables and demand response technologies.

The video of the H2020 funded project IANOS (GA 957810) presents a focus on the project's technical and non-technical goals at a high communication level. The video elucidates the importance of the project mission, in terms of clean energy transition of the islands and the role of replication activities within the design and implemetation of solutions on pilot and fellow islands. The islands that are included are: Terceira (PT), Ameland (NL), Lampedusa (IT), Bora Bora (FR) and Nysiros (GR)

Kythnos Smart Island is one of the biggest research and development projects implemented on the Greek Islands. The island is located in the Western Cyclades between Kea and Serifos.