EU geographical islands as leaders of green energy transition
Giorgio Bonvicini, Fabiola Roccatagliata, Mario Cortese, Kostas Karanasios, Panos Kotsampopoulos, Fausto Sainz, Nora Ganzinelli, Alessandra Montanelli, Francesca Battistelli, Cristina Barbero, Emilio Ghiani, Sara Ruffini, Alessandra Cuneo, Avraam Kartalidis, Siamak Hosseinzadeh

TL;DR
European islands are leading the clean energy transition by testing renewable energy solutions and community-based approaches that could be scaled up on the mainland.
Contribution
The paper identifies how islands' unique characteristics make them ideal for pioneering and replicating green energy solutions across the EU.
Findings
Islands are ideal for testing renewable energy and smart grid technologies due to their unique challenges and advantages.
Community involvement and tailored energy planning are crucial for successful decarbonization on islands.
Innovative solutions tested on islands can be replicated on the mainland to support EU decarbonization goals.
Abstract
This paper reviews how European islands are taking the lead in the European Union (EU) Clean Energy Transition by reviewing the lessons learned in the EU Bridge initiative and in a number of EU co-funded projects such as NESOI, RE-EMPOWERED, REACT, IANOS, LOCALRES, MASTERPIECE, SINNOGENES, SMHYLES, STEPWISE, and ISLET. Islands encounter significant difficulties in the management of their energy systems, including strong seasonal variations in energy demand, high operational costs and GHG emissions for energy production, weak energy grids, lack of technical skills, and difficult access to finance. However, they also have positive features that make them ideal laboratories for energy transition, including high potential for renewables, small-scale and strong community structures, and high energy prices, which make most solutions cost-effective. Each of the projects contributing to the…
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Taxonomy
TopicsIntegrated Energy Systems Optimization · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
