Islander

Project: Islander

Funder: Horizon 2020

Funding: € 7,000,000

Project timeline: 2020 – 2024

Project website: www.islander-project.eu

Project Overview:

ISLANDER paves the way for the decarbonisation of EU islands’ energy systems by demonstrating smart grid solutions combining renewable energy production with storage technologies in real-life settings. Starting with the Pilot island of Borkum, the project aims at replicating these solutions to 4 Follower Islands: Lefkada and Skopelos in Greece, Orkney in the UK and Cres in Croatia, and to other EU islands. ISLANDER is composed of 11 organisations from 7 European countries committed to the community led energy transition of EU islands.

EMEC’s role:

EMEC leads the replication aspect in the ISLANDER project. Orkney is one of the follower islands, building on the knowledge from the system application in the island of Borkum, while also using the expertise gained in previous hydrogen projects in Orkney to support Borkum and the other follower islands. This is done through a three-step approach. First, replication will focus on the follower islands. The second step will focus on replication in related archipelagos, for Orkney this is the Western Isles and Shetland. The final step is the replication to further EU islands, which relates to European collaboration through the BRIDGE initiative and the clean energy for EU islands initiative.

Partners:

Within the consortium there are 7 EU countries represented by 11 organisations: research centres, SMEs, and large enterprises.

For more information on the project partners, click here.