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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...