On the Tremiti islands, since May 2018, disposable cutlery, plates, glasses and shopping bags have been obligatorily replaced by biodegradable ones. For offenders, whether they are tourists, residents or traders, there is a fine of between 50 and 500 euros. The next step will be to ban the plastic bottles and polystyrene containers that fishermen use to ...
Tilos, an Aegean island belonging to the Dodecanese, is the first in the Mediterranean to produce electricity entirely from renewable sources, thanks to the European project Tilos Horizon 2020 - Technology Innovation for the Local Scale, Optimum Integration of Battery Energy Storage. The project involved the construction of plants from renewable sources for a power of almost 1000 kW ...
The island of Ischia has banned plastic and banned the use of disposable glasses, plates, cutlery and containers. This was decided in March 2019 by the assembly of the Ischia Intercommunal Services Consortium (CISI), made up of the mayors of the six island municipalities, which unanimously approved an ordinance that was adopted by all local authorities in which ...
The territory of the island of La Réunion (France), in the Indian Ocean, extends 2.511 km² and includes 840.974 inhabitants. 30% of electricity needs come from renewable sources: 10,4 MW of solar energy are produced through 27.000 photovoltaic modules and greenhouses and 9 MWh of storage. The island of La Réunion has set the ambitious goal of becoming an island ...
The MAESTRALE international research project, coordinated by the University of Siena and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union as part of the Interreg MED program, aims to broaden knowledge and awareness among citizens and institutions on the potential of "Blue energy", the sources of marine energy deriving from wave motion, tides, ...
The Guadeloupe archipelago includes a handful of islands, with a total area of 1.628 km² and 405.739 inhabitants. The island is partially decarbonized, producing 14 kW of solar energy for charging 6 electric vehicles and 2,5 MW of wind energy divided by 9 turbines + 9 lithium batteries of 500 kWh each. ...
These islands are among the least developed territories of Fiji, in the South Pacific: Lakeba extends for 59,5 km² with 2.100 inhabitants, Kadavu 411 km2 with 10.167 inhabitants and Rotuma 47 km2 with 2.002 inhabitants. 50% of the energy supply comes from solar, with peaks of 90% coverage during daylight hours; the rest…
North Sea island belonging to the North Frisian archipelago, the surface extends for 37,44 km² for 1200 inhabitants. The combination of wind, photovoltaic, biogas and large accumulators (lithium-ion), multiple domestic batteries (redox flow technology) and smart meters, ensure on average 21 GWh / year of electricity, three times the need ...
Belonging to the Azores archipelago, off the North African coast, it extends for 60,65 km² with 4400 inhabitants. The island has launched a program to dispose of diesel generators and replace them with a mix of plants from renewable sources, through the production of 1 MW of solar energy; 4,4 MW of wind energy and 2,5 ...
A small Polynesian atoll, just 2,4 km² in surface, with a lagoon in the center, Funafuti is located in the South Pacific Ocean and has 6.025 inhabitants. About 50 km north-north east is the largest atoll of Vaitupu, 5,6 km², home to 1.555 inhabitants. In Funafuti, 30% of energy comes from renewable sources: ...
