The island of San Pietro with the Municipality of Carloforte is the Italian pilot island in the context of the Horizon 2020 project, REACT, which aims to test innovative solutions to achieve energy independence in some European islands by combining energy plants renewable with a demand response platform and promoting the involvement of island users in a community ...
On the island of Giannutri, thanks to a memorandum of understanding with Terna Plus, SIE Srl (company that produces and distributes energy in Giglio) and the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, a photovoltaic shelter was built in 2019 by about 60 kW, with its 140 kWh storage system and advanced control system capable ...
The Società Elettrica Ponzese SpA is the company that carries out the production, distribution, measurement and sale of electricity in the Municipality of Ponza. Production is currently entrusted to a provisional power station in Monte Pagliaro and to an emergency power station located in Cala dell'Acqua in Le Forna. Project being implemented is ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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…