Moderation: Christina Protopapadaki - Clean energy for EU islands secretariat (Th!nk E)

Jan Cornillie – Project director, Clean energy for EU islands secretariat (3E)

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– Kasos (Greece)
Claudio Moscoloni – Pantelleria (Italy)

Welcome to the Islands Clean Energy Transition Handbook. This Handbook is an action- oriented guide to help islands navigate the transition toward clean energy. It follows a central methodology (EXPLORE, SHAPE, ACT) to cover ideas and projects in all stages of the clean energy transition. It also provides examples of European islands and includes references to key publications. The EXPLORE part addresses islands that are just starting their clean energy transition.

Agios Efstratios is a small Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea about 80 kilometres northwest of Lesbos, which belongs to the Aegean Islands. It has an area of 43.325 km². 

This video shows the island's approach and action in their clean energy transition. The video was submitted for the first Call for Videos that the Clean energy for EU islands secreariat has lauched in 2021. 

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 - Alan islands (Finland)
George Aliagas - Member of the Cabinet of the Secretary General for Energy and Mineral Resources
Edita Dranseikaite - Policy officer CE4EUI, European Commission

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 Greek Islands
Maria Xylia - Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute
Rahul Pratap Singh - Investor of European Energy Efficiency Fund (eeef)
Evangelos Bekiaris - Director, Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT), President, Hellenic Institute of Electric Vehicles (HELIEV)

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)
Diana-Paula Gherasim - Eurelectric (EU)
Finnbar Howell - KRA (Ireland)
Rosa Mingo Ávila and Luis García Benedicto - IDAE (Spain)
Andrei Moarcas - Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA)

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 in their energy transition. 

At the forum, we want to facilitate a dialogue between islands and share experiences from the islands regarding the clean energy transition. However, also need to talk about technical assistance, strategies and agendas, and move to some of the pressing topics concerning research and innovation or how to set up energy storage. The RePowerEU package was also an important topic of the second day of the Clean energy for EU islands forum2022 – together with the question – what does it mean for the islands?