About NESOI Plus
European Islands and Outermost Regions face specific challenges that slow down their transition towards clean, sustainable energy systems. NESOI Plus addresses these barriers by supporting local, community-driven solutions.
Energy Constraints: Islands often rely heavily on imported energy and have limited local energy autonomy.
Geographical Isolation: Remoteness from mainland Europe limits access to networks, knowledge exchange, and collaboration opportunities.
Funding Barriers: Energy projects face difficulties in accessing suitable financing and investment opportunities.
Skills Gap: Local actors often lack the technical, financial and administrative expertise needed to develop energy projects.
Main objectives
Empower Energy Communities
NESOI Methodology for ORs
Support Project Development
Support the creation and development of bottom-up Energy Community initiatives, promoting inclusive and citizen-driven energy models aligned with EU Green Deal targets.
Tailor the CWA-based standardised protocol developed under NESOI to address the specific technical, social and geographical challenges of the pilot regions.
Provide technical guidance, feasibility assessments and business modelling support to help projects meet investor expectations and progress towards implementation.
Develop Investment Concepts
Foster Knowledge Sharing
Strenghten Island Cooperation
Design integrated investment concepts combining technical, financial and organisational elements to create bankable project pipelines.
Provide training, tools and best-practice exchange to strengthen local competencies and ensure long-term replicability across island territories.
Test and refine OSS in the Canary Islands, the Azores and Martinique while facilitating cooperation across EU islands.
How NESOIPlus works
Technical Assistance
Tailored support combining technical analysis, feasibility assessment and business modelling to guide projects from concept to investment-ready stage
Open Calls
Two Open Calls will select 30 projects in the Canary Islands, Martinique and Azores to receive dedicated support and accelerate project development.
One-Stop-Shop platform
A digital platform providing tools, guidance and matchmaking opportunities to support project development and connect stakeholders.
NESOI Plus helps overcome these challenges by empowering Energy Communities and supporting projects from concept to implementation.
