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 ...
