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Croatia has more than 1,000 islands off its coast, of which approximately 50 are inhabited, with only 17 islands having populations greater than 1,000 people. Most of the inhabited islands are already connected to and reliant on the national electrical grid.

This year’s Clean energy for EU islands forum took place on May 20 - 21. The event was a great success with around 270 participants and more than 50 speakers. Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy, held an intriguing opening speech on the first day.

NESOI received 117 applications from 14 countries involving over 100 islands. 28 of these submitted projects were now selected to receive assistance from the facility with a combined total of 1.6 million Euros.

On June 14, the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat organises its first Energy Academy focusing on the island of Cyprus. This first session will offer the opportunity to familiarise with phase II of the secretariat.

During the last couple of weeks, the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat evaluated the submitted applications after the latest Call for technical Assistance, calling EU islands to apply for technical support for their projects.