Today, the European Commission, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal, the Kingdom of Spain and Sweden signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to secure the future of the EU's Clean Energy for Islands Initiative. Read the memorandum of understanding The memorandum was announced today during a press conference of the presidency ...
In the recent Clean Energy for All Europeans package, islands have found a special place as territories that can "provide platforms for pilot initiatives on the clean energy transition and can act as showcases internationally". Covenant of Mayors (CoM) and Pact of Islands (PoI) have helped to prepare the ground for institutions ...
Turbines, located on breakwaters equipped with an oscillating water column system, combine coastal and port defense with the production of electricity by exploiting wave motion. Two solutions configured in this way were tested in the last few days of last December by the company Enermedsea, together with Fimeco, on the dock of Marina Corta di Lipari, feeding their ...
Rome - “The government pays the utmost attention to the smaller islands, in the Budget Law I strongly wanted to insert a new fund to finance investments and support infrastructural development and territorial requalification works. The government is aware of the daily difficulties of the mayors and citizens of the smaller islands, we are at their side and we are committed to supporting ...
With great satisfaction it is announced that the Ministry of the Environment and the Protection of the Territory and the Sea has financed four projects concerning the islands of Lipari, Filicudi, Alicudi and Vulcano for a total amount of about 4 million euros, presented by the Municipality of Lipari as part of the Call "Energy efficiency interventions, sustainable mobility ...
The NESOI - European Islands Facilty, the Clean Energy for EU Islands Secretariat, the Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA), and FEDARENE will co-host an online session within the frame of the European Sustainable Energy Week 2020 on the potential of Islands as champions of green recovery strategy on the 17th of June. As Europe ...
The European Islands Facility NESOI, supports the EU islands energy transition process, facilitating the decentralization of energy systems and contributing to EU policy in achieving 2030 climate targets. To reach NESOI's objectives our first action has been to design and broadly distribute a survey towards European islands, to understand and identify islands' energy challenges, projects…
As Europe begins its path towards recovery after the global pandemic, the need to ensure this recovery creates a safe and prosperous future for its economy and its citizens has been raised from many directions. Indeed, the threat posed to our economies and our societies from climate change and environmental destruction has become no less…
On 7 May the European Commission launched the second edition of RESponsible island prize competition, funded under Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation program. This prize aims to award islands with innovative and sustainable local renewable energy production for use in electricity, heating, cooling and transport. The three winners will receive a cash prize of € 500,000, € 250,000…
In the recent Clean Energy for All Europeans Package islands found a special place as territories that may "provide platforms for pilot initiatives on clean energy transition and can serve as showcases at international level". Covenant of Mayors (CoM) and Pact of Islands (PoI) have been instrumental in setting the ground for island local and…