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Bere Island is on the Southwest coast of Ireland in Bantry Bay. It has a population of 190 people and in the summertime, it reaches over 2,000. The main economic activities are farming, fishing, tourism, and the commercial marine industry.Is Bere Island interconnected to the mainland? Bere Island receives most of its energy from the national grid through a subsea cable from the mainland. Some houses already use renewable energy like windmills and PV solar panels to generate electricity.

The Cres & Losinj archipelago, situated in the Kvarner Gulf in Croatia, is the largest in the Adriatic Sea. In ancient times, the islands of Cres and Lošinj were one big island. But as the small strip of land between the two islands was the fastest way to cross this region by ship, the channel of Osor was excavated during the Roman period to shorten the path to the open sea.

Pantelleria is the largest "small island" in the Sicily Region. It is located in the Strait of Sicily, Mediterranian Sea, between Sicily and Tunisia. Its area measures 83 square kilometres and counts about 7,800 inhabitants in winter and about 30,000 in the summertime.The first evidence of human activity dates back to the Neolithic period by "sesioti". Afterwards, it was occupied by Carthaginians, Romans, Arabs, Aragoneses, Spaniards, Italians. In the past, the main economic activity was agriculture.

The island of Korčula is located in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, which is the southernmost county in Croatia. It stretches in the east-west direction, with its length of 46.8 km, a width of 5.3 to 7.8 km has an area of ​​279.03 km2 and is the sixth-largest island in Croatia.The island was once a Greek colony called Korkyra Melaina or Black Korcula because of the lush vegetation which adorns the island. The island population is turning to a new future, bright and green.

Gotland, the largest island in the Baltic Sea has set ambitious goals to become carbon neutral by 2040. To achieve these goals, the island plans to address all aspects of the energy transition. The Clean energy for EU islands secretariat has provided a grant to support these ambitions. Key initiatives include benchmarking progress in the agricultural sector, exploring storage solutions for integration into the regional energy system, and promoting fossil-free mobility solutions in the city.Find out more about the work in Gotland and watch the video.

Organisations that are involved in the energy transition of Menorca are: Balearic Islands Government, IBE https://institutbalearenergia.cat/es/, Menorca Island Council https://www.cime.es/, Balearic Cluster for Ecological Transition (Cluster TEIB) https://clusterteib.com/ and the Balearic Islands University https://www.uib.cat/Please note that Menorca has applied jointly with for the 30 for 2030 call with Ibiza | Clean energy for EU islands (europa.eu) and Mallorca | Clean energy for EU islands (europa.eu).

Organisations that are involved in the energy transition of Mallorca are: Balearic Islands Government, IBE https://institutbalearenergia.cat/es/, Balearic Cluster for Ecological Transition (Cluster TEIB) https://clusterteib.com/ and the Balearic Islands University https://www.uib.cat/Please note that Mallorca has applied jointly with for the 30 for 2030 call with Menorca | Clean energy for EU islands (europa.eu) and Ibiza | Clean energy for EU islands (europa.eu).