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