The Clean energy for EU islands Secretariat is launching a first Call for Support this April, calling EU islands to apply for technical support for their projects.
The European Islands Facility – NESOI, open to a community of 2400 inhabited EU islands, aims to fund 60 successful energy transition projects, mobilizing more than €100m of investment and reducing significantly Co2 and GHG emissions by 2023.
On March 24 2021 the Research for REGI Committee of the European Parliament published a report on "ISLANDS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION - State of play and future challanges. The study explores the specificities of islands and Outermost Regions of the EU as well as their challenges and existing means of development. This study includes an overview of policy responses for islands' challenges and proposes some recommendations.
Read the conclusions of the BRIDGE General Assembly – the key annual conference of this European Commission initiative that unites Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Islands and Digitalisation Projects to create a structured view of cross-cutting issues.
The European Islands Facility NESOI, with the objective of facilitating the energy transition on islands, has completed the evaluation of its first call for applications: at least 28 project proposals out of the eligible 74 will receive funding and technical support to develop their islands energy projects.
NESOI PROJECT
New Energy Solutions Optimized for Islands
~ The NESOI were also goddesses of Islands in Greek Mythology ~