The island of El Hierro in Spain won the second place of the RESponsible Island Prize 2020 thanks to its nomination entitled “El Hierro 100 RES - El Hierro: Towards a 100% Renewable Energy Island”. The island owes this victory to the share of renewable energy produced by innovative energy technologies, to sustainability and to the environmental impact ...
The island of Fuerteventura will host a new wind farm, the second on the island. The new “Puerto del Rosario” plant, commissioned by the Spanish energy and gas company Naturgy Energy Group SA, will feature eight turbines and will be the largest in the Canary Islands. Its total cost is estimated at over 35 million euros. The park…
As part of Energy Cayman, a twelve-month campaign to integrate energy efficiency into the Caymanian community, the Cayman Islands Department of Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure has introduced an automated BikeShare system called Cycle Cayman and with offices in Camana Bay, the Regatta Business Park and the George Town Craft Market. According to…
In Astypalea, the butterfly-shaped island in the Aegean sea, the electric revolution has begun. Two thirds of the vehicles are in fact being replaced by electric cars, bicycles and scooters, progressively powered by renewable sources. Traditional vehicle rental activities will also be transformed into shared mobility services, which will replace and make more efficient the ...
The small island of Tilos in the Dodecanese archipelago, near Rhodes in the southeastern Aegean Sea, was ranked third in the EU RESponsible Island Prize for 2021 for its efforts in using renewable energy for its supply energetic. In fact, already in March of this year, the beautiful Greek island of Tilos ...
The Maldives are the favorite tourist destination for those who want to spend time immersed in a natural paradise of crystalline waters and very thin white sand. However, with great beauty comes great responsibility. In fact, the large influx of tourists to the 26 atolls is not only the country's main source of income, but is also the largest source of waste. In fact, every tourist who passes through the islands leaves behind ...
In Astypalea, the butterfly-shaped island in the Aegean sea, the electric revolution has begun. Two thirds of the vehicles are in fact being replaced by electric cars, bicycles and scooters, progressively powered by renewable sources. Traditional vehicle rental activities will also be transformed into shared mobility services, which will replace and make more efficient the ...
Ærø is a small island located in the southern part of Denmark. For the past 30 years the island has been actively working to promote the use of renewable energy sources. Today, more than 55% of the island's total energy consumption is based on renewable energy (solar, wind and biomass) and the goal is 100% renewable energy production by ...
In support of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to reduce poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity for all by 2030, the state of Hawaii is committed to producing 2045% of its electricity from renewable sources. Already today on the island of Kauai, one of the seven inhabited islands in the northwest ...
In September 2019, Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas. It was the fifth Atlantic Category 5 hurricane in the past three years. With winds of 185mph and gusts above 200, Dorian has wreaked unimaginable chaos on the string of more than 700 islands that stretch from Florida almost to ...
In February 2020, a true renewable hybrid power plant was inaugurated on the island of Graciosa, in the Azores islands. Thanks to this new energy solution, completed by the Wärtsilä technology group, the use of renewable energy will go from 15% to 65%, in order to make the most of clean energy and meet the energy needs of over ...
Located to the north-east of Stockholm, the island of Lidö has taken the name of Zero Island having managed to reduce its emissions by 78% compared to 2018 levels (from 180 to 40 tons of CO2 equivalent in just one year) . The Zero Island project is part of a larger work, the Journey to Zero Initiatives. It was not a question of applying ...
For over 10 years IbizaPreservation has been working to identify, research and support local initiatives that can have a positive impact on the environment and community of Ibiza and Formentera. A recent study by its Sustainability Observatory showed that Ibiza generated half a ton of waste per person in 2018. That's 14% more…
On 28 April 2020 Bornholm was awarded first place and € 500.000 as part of the EU's prize for renewable energy islands initiative launched in 2019 to reward the results achieved in local production from renewable energy for electricity, heating, cooling and transportation to the islands. Bornholm was awarded for the high percentage of ...
Ten kilometers south of Copenhagen, in Denmark, nine islands will rise in the name of technological innovation and sustainability, with wind farms, a waste-to-energy plant, research centers, protected natural areas and green spaces for the public. The construction works of Holmene, this is the name of the project, will start in 10 and finish in 2022, with 2040 million euros ...
Porto Santo, a Portuguese island in the Madeira archipelago, has 5 inhabitants and a thousand means of transport (with significant surges in the summer months) and the perfect size to become a laboratory to experiment with a "smart" future, in search of solutions for improve energy efficiency, circular economy, electric and shared mobility. The Smart Fossil Free Island project wants to make Porto ...
The island of Crete, a major tourist destination in Greece, has identified key actions to become a zero-emission island by 2030. The Greening the Islands Observatory [1], together with the technical departments of the region and the government of Crete, public service companies, universities, local SMEs, international member companies ...
The territory of the Dominican Republic extends for 48.670 km² and hosts 10.349.741 inhabitants. World Bank estimates show that around 400 people live without secure access to electricity in the Dominican Republic. Since 2008, the "Rural Electrification Program" led by UNDP, which has 20 years of experience in the sector, has accompanied ...
Also belonging to the Fiji archipelago, the Beqa Island extends for 36 km² and is home to 3.000 inhabitants. It has reached the 100% renewable goal, making itself self-sufficient in terms of energy. In 2013 the diesel generator was replaced by a mini-grid based on photovoltaics and batteries, capable of producing 20 MWh / year. The project was funded by a ...
Green Island, a small island village located between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea, off the island of Palawan. Extending only 1 km², with 375 inhabitants, the territory is home to two sites declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites for their naturalistic value. The island is 100% renewable thanks to a hybrid system ...
The territory of the Republic of Seychelles extends for 455 km² with 91.650 inhabitants. 8% of the annual electricity requirement comes from renewable sources, with the production of 6 MW of wind energy through 8 turbines of 750 kW; the rest, from conventional generation (imported diesel). Until 2014 the energy model of the Seychelles, a small ...
Cape Verde is an archipelago of ten islands located in the North Atlantic Ocean, with a total surface area of 4033 km² and 538.535 inhabitants. It represents one of the most favorable points in the world for the exploitation of wind energy, being close to the belt of the north-east trade winds. 25,5 MW of wind energy are produced for 30 turbines and 39,3 ...
Capital island of the archipelago of Samoa, it extends for 2831 km² and is home to 147471 inhabitants. It is located on the seismic belt and is often subject to cyclonic formations, which constitute an impediment to the construction of wind farms. Despite this, however, the island is in transition towards the 100% renewable target, producing 1,2 MW of hydroelectric power and 550 ...
It is the largest island of the Manu'a group, with its 44,31 km² and 600 inhabitants, it is the easternmost of Samoa, in the Pacific Ocean. The island, in 2016, built a micro-grid based on the best available technology, which allowed it to achieve energy self-sufficiency. It is made up of 5.328 SolarCity photovoltaic modules that produce 1,4 ...
The territory of the Republic of Mauritius, off the Indian Ocean, extends 2040 km², for 1.331.155 inhabitants. Solid waste treatment is organized in a composting plant in the La Chaumiére area; the process and technology were provided by an Indian company, Excel Industries (India) Ltd. Thus, the plant receives approximately ...
In the Pacific Ocean, we find another island that has reached the 100% renewable goal: the island of Kodiak, located in the Gulf of Alaska, which with its 8.975 km² and 15.000 inhabitants represents the 80th largest island in the world and the second largest in the United States. Since 2008, the Kodiak Electric Association, the managing body of the electricity grid, has chosen ...
In the North Sea, belonging to the archipelago of the West Frisian Islands, is the island of Ameland which extends for 268,50 km² and is home to 3503 inhabitants. Thanks to the “Cradle-to-Cradle Island” project, launched in 2009, mobility on the island has been redesigned. The main problem to be solved was tourism: in fact, most people (especially ...
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 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 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: ...
Located 150 km west of Copenhagen, in the Baltic Sea, it covers an area of 112 km² for 4500 inhabitants. The island is 100% renewable on the electricity consumption side, producing a surplus exchanged with the continent. Renewable energy is produced by 11 onshore (11MW) and 10 offshore (23 MW) wind turbines, for a total ...
Eight islands comprising 1 431 603 inhabitants make up the volcanic archipelago of Hawaii, located in the Pacific Ocean, off the southwestern coast of the United States (California); distance that makes them some of the most isolated land in the world. Geographical isolation, which has always caused a great difficulty for the island's energy supply, bringing the ...
588 km² in area, the island is the easternmost in Denmark and is home to 43040 inhabitants. More than 50% of the island's average electricity needs are met by plants from renewable sources, with 40% given by wind power alone. The island is equipped with one of the most advanced smart-grid systems built in four years thanks to a ...
The Cook Islands are a group of fifteen islands, twelve of which are inhabited. Most of the population (15.000 inhabitants) resides on the main island, Rarotonga. The rest (2.500 inhabitants) is spread over the 10 small islands and atolls that form the Northern Group. With the joint commitment between the New Zealand government and the Cooks, in 2013 it was ...
Located in the Caribbean Sea, it extends for 193 km² and includes 110000 inhabitants. Like all tropical realities, it is already facing the damaging effects of climate change. In June 2012, the island's government announced its intention to undertake an incisive policy of climate change mitigation, converting the island's energy model towards full autonomy ...
Diu Island is located off the southern coast of Gujarat's Kathiawar Peninsula, just separated from the Indian mainland. With just over 50 inhabitants, Diu is among the least populated places in India. The island, which thrives on tourism and fishing, has made rapid progress in generating solar energy in just three years. ...
It is the most accessible island of the Hebrides, with 14 km² of extension and 200 inhabitants. In March 2002 the local community took over the ownership of the island, forming the company "Gigha Heritage Trust". 2/3 of the island's electricity needs are covered by the wind farm of Gigha Green Power, the company owned by the residents, consisting of ...
The Tokelau territory, in the South Pacific Ocean, extends for 12 km² and includes 100 inhabitants. It consists of three atolls, ecosystems that are among the most vulnerable in the world to the effects of climate change. The highest point of the three atolls is only 5 meters above sea level and at the current rate it will be ...
In the Brass Strait, off the northwestern tip of Tasmania, is King Island, which extends over 1000 km² and is home to 2000 inhabitants. Since 2013, it guarantees 65% of energy needs (7,8 GWh), thanks to renewable sources, and on days of intense wind it reaches 100% (12 GWh). In particular…
Belonging to the British archipelago of the Hebrides islands, in Scotland, 30,49 km² of surface with a population of 83 inhabitants. The community made a precise choice of sustainability by deciding not to invest economic resources in a long and expensive submarine cable that would have connected it to the mainland, but to exploit the energy potential from renewable sources of ...
The US Virgin Islands are an archipelago of 53 volcanic islands, part of the Lesser Antilles, which are home to 104.170 inhabitants. About 15% of energy comes from renewable sources (17 MW through solar collectors), the rest comes from lower carbon fossil fuel, propane. In 2009, parliament passed a law ...
SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) and its subsidiary SMA Sunbelt Energy GmbH have installed the first photovoltaic system with integrated battery storage in French Polynesia. The 1,4 MW plant, installed on Tetiaroa Island in the South Pacific, is able to meet 60% of the island's electricity needs, making The Brando resort a sustainable tourist paradise. Furthermore, on the island it is possible ...
Sumba Island is an 11000 km² island in the Savu Sea and includes 640.000 inhabitants. Like all small island states, it is severely threatened by the effects of climate change. On the island there are 12 mini-hydroelectric plants (3,43 kW), 100 mini-wind plants (50 kW), 14868 photovoltaic modules (439 kW) and 557 small digesters for the production of ...
A complex of islands further north of Tonga, of which one major and 55 minor, for a total extension of 138 km², with 17.000 inhabitants. It is located approximately 600km east of Fiji and 400km south of Samoa. It is one of the most important tourist sites in Tonga, famous for being a place of…
A “minor” neighbor of the Isle of Eigg, Muck is the smallest inhabited island of the Northern Inner Hebrides, with an extension of just 5,59 km²; with its 40 inhabitants it is at great risk of depopulation. The island is energy self-sufficient even though it is not connected to the mainland, producing 30 kW of wind energy and 33 kW of solar energy, with ...
It is the third largest island in Mexico, with 539 km² of surface and 95.000 inhabitants. The project of the University of Jena, Germany, in collaboration with the Universities of Quintana Roo (Mexico) and the Litoral University of Argentina, deals with the subject of waste management starting from the question "how can sustainable waste management be created by bringing ...
With an area of 268,71 km², it is the smallest of the Canary archipelago, located west of the North African coast, in the Atlantic Ocean. Since 2000 it has been recognized by UNESCO as a "Biosphere Reserve". The island boasts a world record: it is the first island in the world to have achieved double water and energy autonomy thanks to an integrated system ...
Belonging to the archipelago of the BES islands in the Caribbean Sea, with an area of 288 km², it includes 18000 inhabitants. Since 2008, the municipality has decided to change its energy model by installing the wind farm consisting of 12 turbines. In moments of maximum wind, the wind power plant supplies 90% of the daily electricity. During the year, the contribution from wind power is ...
In February, the regional parliament of the Balearic Islands approved the law on climate change and the energy transition which provides for the total transition to renewable energy by 2050, as well as a whole series of green measures such as the ban on the registration of diesel cars. starting from 2025 (from 2035 for petrol engines) ...
The 70 windswept islands (of which only 20 are inhabited for a total of 17 inhabitants), have become one of the UK's leading centers for innovation in renewable energy, including the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier to accumulate surpluses of production of wind and tides, which often generate more electricity than the grid ...
A remote Tokyo island will use the sun's energy alone for six months to power several hundred families in a government-backed process to support the use of renewable energy. The demonstration process on the Hahajima Island of the Ogasawara chain will start in 2022 and will be managed by the Tokyo Municipality, TEPCO Power Grid Inc., a subsidiary ...