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.
Grado is an island that is situated in the lagoon between Venice and Trieste. It is part of the Adriatic Sea in Italy’s Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region. The island is connected to the mainland by bridges. It is also part of the VPP4islands project. The ambition of VPP4Islands is to become the leader of Island decarbonisation and VPP development that promotes decentralised and sustainable energy systems through open innovative tools and concepts.
This third in a series of podcasts engages two islanders working on very different, but very relevant topics. One of them is Ærø Island with its Ellen Ferry that connects it to the Island of Als and the other one is Tilos, which is working on its grid. Discover the journey towards a clean energy future for EU islands in our podcast "Voices from the Islands." Join the conversation as we delve into the transformative power of electric ferries and microgrids. Halfdan Abrahamsen from Denmark's Ærø Island unveils their stunning electric ferry, Elen.
Cres was one of six pilot islands to do SETA and start the transition to a clean energy island in phase 1 of the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat. Ugo Toić, Director of OTRA stressed the importance of unconditional support of mayors, volunteers and the technical assistance received from the secretariat.
Lastovo (Croatia). Photography by Toma & Jelena Župančić, the winners of the second photography competition organised in 2022 by the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat.
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