Jorge Rodrigues de Almeida the secretariat’s financial lead has introduced the concept and aims of the newly established Island Marketplace in a one-and-a-half-hour online event, Isabel Rayo, from SUMA Capital provided her viewpoints, tips, and insights into the requirements for projects to be financed.
How does the Island Marketplace work?
Bornholm is a Danish island close to the southern coast of Sweden. There are around 39,500 people living on the island. The island has taken steps towards decarbonisation, especially concerning district heating systems, where local biomass is the main fuel. About 65 % of the electricity consumed by the island is produced on-site. The energy mix contains a combination of wind turbines, PV, biogas, and a woodchip fueled CHP. The interconnection to the mainland (sea cable to Sweden) has a limited capacity (60 MW).
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.
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.
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 January 20, the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat organised a webinar about the Regulary Inventory. The Clean energy for EU islands Regulatory Inventory will be a publicly accessible online database that includes the national legislation, regulation, and policy framework for the support of clean energy technologies, projects, and initiatives. It will be accessible through the EU island secretariat’s website.
On January 20, the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat organised a webinar about the Regulary Inventory. The Clean energy for EU islands Regulatory Inventory will be a publicly accessible online database that includes the national legislation, regulation, and policy framework for the support of clean energy technologies, projects, and initiatives. It will be accessible through the EU island secretariat’s website.
In this webinar it was explained how the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat provides technical support to help island communities advance in their energy transition. The webinar provided inspiring, concrete results from the first round of technical assistance, for example: road transport electrification in Greek islands, funding and financing seminars tailored to energy projects.
This second in a series of podcasts tells the story of two islands and how they engaged citizens in the clean energy transition. La Palma and Cres-Losinj both managed to include people in the transition by using different means.
This first in a series of podcasts tells the story of two very different islands. One, is already extremely advanced in their clean energy transition and one, is just about to start this beautiful journey.