Τhe publishing of the “Building Energy Communities in Greece” guidebook coincides with a time when the community energy movement in Greece appears to be on the rise, especially after the adoption of Law 4513, in January 2018.
As part of joining the EU Wide Islands Community, all involved Islands and Support Organisations are welcomed onto the Online Engagement Platform.
This publication provides you with an overview of the functionalities, the opportunities to push forward the decarbonisation by:
Showcasing your Islands and your Organisations acheivements and ideas
Connecting with other relevant stakeholders
Make your own assessment of the current situation on the island using the Secretariat’s self-assessment matrix. Check out our introduction video to learn more!
This Guide describes the steps necessary for the processing of electricity generation facilities both for individual self-consumption facilities, as well as for installations in collective self-consumption. Published by the Institute for Energy Diversification and Energy Efficiency (IDAE), Spain.
The Islands Playbook provides an action-oriented guide to successfully initiating, planning, and completing a transition to an energy system that primarily relies on local resources to eliminate a dependence on one or two imported fuels. Published by the Energy Transition Initiative, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy‘s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
In this guide you will receive a short introduction to the general potential barriers and possibilities for the financing of decarbonisation plans.
This document provides an overview of open-access research relevant to the clean energy transition, with a specific focus on islands. Highlighting a number of technologies and transition approaches to advance the transition on islands, this guide aims to provide island communities and transition leaders with resources that contain information about the necessity of the clean energy transition, and show how it can be done in a way that benefits the local community, economy, and environment.