Saba Electric Company, sole supplier of electricity to the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba, celebrated as the island ran on 100% solar for the first time ever this month, with the switch-on of a solar-plus-storage microgrid. Diesel generators were switched off as a 2.3MWh battery energy storage system went into action. On Wednesday 6 March [...]
Separated by the open expanses of the Indian Ocean, Mauritius and Maldives are united in turning to large-scale, grid-connected solar solutions to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels, get cheaper electricity and meet growing demand. The government of the Republic of Mauritius announced last week that a 16.3 MW solar power plant has been connected [...]
The island community of Martha’s Vineyard off the US north-eastern coast is collaborating with students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to find pathways to achieve net-zero carbon by 2030. Martha’s Vineyard is working with the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) to develop a plan that will enable it to meet this ambitious challenge. Prompted by [...]
Greening the Islands Observatory & Crete Region will involve Crete population in a new green growth strategy Heraklion, Crete, 05 March 2019 - Crete, one of Greece’s top holiday destinations and battered by flooding last week, has identified key actions become a zero-emissions island by 2030 by boosting use of renewable energy and electric cars, [...]
The U.K. is drawing upon technology developed in its space industry to help some of the poorest islands around the globe transition to a greener future. The UK Space Agency is investing £2.9 million (€3.3 million) to expand a renewable energy analytics platform for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian [...]
Heraklion , 28th February - 1st March The Mediterranean island of Crete is our destination for the first in situ meeting of the Greening the Islands Observatory. The full range of key local, national and international stakeholders will meet in an operational workshop that will analyze the island’s current situation and aim to identify potential [...]
The government of the Balearic Islands, with its famed holiday destinations Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, has laid out a legislative path towards a green and sustainable future, setting ambitious targets for clean mobility and use of renewable energy. The Law on Climate Change and Energy Transition aims to make the Spanish archipelago free of [...]
Renewable energy entrepreneurs on the Scottish Orkney Islands are working on plans that could make them the first in the world to launch seagoing ferries powered by hydrogen, a fuel that may drastically cut the carbon footprint of the transport sector. Sitting just off the northern edge of the British Isles, the Orkney archipelago is [...]
First projects identified for members of the Greening the Island Observatory: Egadi archipelago, Crete and Borocay (Philippines) Charter of Rome signed to promote co-operation among Mediterranean islands Rome, 03 December 2018 – Green tourism is a potent opportunity for the many small islands dotted around the Italian peninsula that could have positive effects on economic [...]
International observatory established for sustainability of small islands Greening the Islands conference, Minorca 17-18 May 2018 The 5th international conference on island sustainability “Greening the Islands – The future of energy, water and mobility on islands in harmony with the biosphere” will be held this year on Minorca from 17 to 18 May. The event [...]
