Since 2018 a new islands college has been formed in FEDARENE, the European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and the Environment, involving 12 island energy agencies and similar organizations. Additionally, 4 mainland energy agencies have been working on islands for some time now.
Since 2018 a new islands college has been formed in FEDARENE, the European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and the Environment, involving 12 island energy agencies and similar organizations. Additionally, 4 mainland energy agencies have been working on islands for some time now.
In total, FEDARENE is present in the majority of Member States with islands and provides technical assistance and support to a very large number of islands, including the 1.640 small islands covered by ESIN.
The establishment of this college responds to our need to channel our collective expertise towards European institutions and Member States, in order to ensure that technical and financial assistance designed for the energy transition of islands responds to well-identified challenges, and ultimately delivers tangible improvements in islands’ policy and regulation, both at EU and Member States level.
In our view, the energy transition on islands can and must be seen through the lenses of an integrated approach. An approach that maximizes synergies between energy, water, waste, transport, is underpinned by ICT, facilitates access to innovative territorial investment tools and supports enhanced multi-level and multi-lateral governance.
Being the actors who support local and regional authorities and citizens to deliver the energy transition locally, our added value can be summarized as follows:
On the 26th of April 2022, Green Hysland hosted its first workshop on the island of Cres to exchange with Croatian and European stakeholders on green hydrogen technologies and its potential to accelerate the energy transition.
Entitled “Green hydrogen technologies supporting the Energy Transition: Matching uses with Context”, this first workshop will take place in a Hybrid format in Cres, Croatia and online on 26 April.
On the 9th of November 2021, FEDARENE invited ENAGAS, Community Energy Scotland and the FCH JU for its first webinar.