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 ...
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 ...
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. ...