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The expert judges were impressed by Kaluza’s innovative flexibility solution that enables domestic energy storage devices in Orkney to capture green energy We are thrilled to announce that our Project Partner Kaluza Optimisation has been awarded ‘Green Infrastructure...

Current situation and overall experience within the SMILE project. An interview with Filipe Quintal and Lucas Pereira, project managers from PRSMA. Could you tell us a bit about your company? PRSMA, (Brightcuriosity, Lda) was formed in 2015. Three of the founding...

Orkney has been in the process of easing restrictions put in place due to COVID-19 pandemic. During the summer months residents were given permission to meet others, as long as it did not exceed 15 people outside and 8 people inside, and were encouraged to support...

Madeira - one of the safest islands in Europe with the lowest COVID-19 infection rates Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic no fatalities have been reported and restrictions are progressively being lifted in Madeira. Since July 1st the island is open for...

Without any doubt Samsø is the proven evidence that green energy transition requires to put the community in the center for their own benefits. In Samsø the population itself took the initiative to create new renewables related projects and the community invested in...

Dr. Romain Mauger By Dr. Romain Mauger, GCELS, University of Groningen. The COVID-19 crisis has spared no one. The global energy sector has certainly seen some unprecedented changes, as we can remind of last April’s negative oil prices. However, as the IEA pointed...

The IANOS project kick-off took place on October 7-8. IANOS (IntegrAted SolutioNs for the DecarbOnization and Smartification of Islands) brings together two Lighthouse islands and three Fellow islands, all sharing a common vision of decarbonizing their energy systems...

Over 3 million euros is available to support islands with their energy transition ambitions. Started in October 2019, the European Islands Facility NESOI has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under...

Join the digital event “Energy Transition on European Islands: from innovation to implementation: how to make the energy transition on islands a reality?” Do you know that there are more than 2200 inhabited islands in the EU? Despite having access to renewable sources...

On June 17th, the second review meeting of the SMILE project took place online, where the progress made until the first 36 months of the project was evaluated. Installation of the SMILE technologies in the Ballen marina, Samsø. At the meeting, the current...

Battery house in the Ballen Marina is now open The battery house located in the Ballen marina on the island of Samsø is now open for public every Tuesday and Friday in July from 11:00 to 12:00 AM. Jan Jantzen (Samsø Energy Academy) explains how the battery system...

Despite COVID-19, Community Energy Scotland (CES) has been looking into when they might return to complete project work in SMILE households. The Scottish Government has published a Route Map setting out plans for easing Scotland's COVID-19 restrictions. Scotland is...

We are glad to announce that after DAFNI, also project partner New Energy Coalition has now also become one of the Supporting Organizations of the Clean Energy for EU Islands initiative. The Clean Energy for EU Islands Secretariat was funded in 2018 to enable the...

On May 29th, 55 stakeholders attended the Webinar hosted by the Covenant of Mayors where the SMILE project was presented. Mark de la Vieter (New Energy Coalition) and Jan Jantzen (Samsø Energy Academy) presenting the SMILE project. The SMILE project attended the...

A closer look into the demonstration islands and the impacts of the current outbreak The outbreak of COVID-19 is sweeping across the world. Many of us feel like we are in a constant state of both overreacting and underreacting at the same time, while we wait for...

Current situation and overall experience within the SMILE project. An interview with Sarah Bee, project manager from Route Monkey. Sarah Bee from Route Monkey Sarah, could you tell us a bit about Route Monkey? Trakm8 was established in 2000 and acquired optimization...

Dr. R. Mauger has attended to Energy transition conference organised by the University of Eastern Finland on 24th of March to represent his latest findings resulting from the SMILE project and debate challenges and solutions for the transition to a future sustainable...

Community Energy Scotland, along with local delivery partners, have installed the first SMILE smart charger at a property in Orkney. The remainder of the domestic electric vehicle (EV) chargers will be installed once the Covid-19 restrictions have been removed by the...

On January 23rd, S. Scuri – researcher at the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI) – gave an interview on the regional television about the SMILE project and the work being carried out in Madeira. Sabrina Scuri being interviewed by regional television....

Jantzen, SMILE pilot coordinator of Samsø In Samsø the site acceptance test, on the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) installed in the Ballen Marina, has just been completed successfully. The battery, located in the former warehouse building, was discharged and...

Smile at the European Utility Week More than 500 visitors came to our project stand! We are glad to announce that Giannicola Loriga - SMILE Project Coordinator -  has presented the latest advancements of our project at the European Utility Week that took place from 12...

Do you know that the installations of heating systems and electric vehicle chargers have been continuing on the Orkney demonstrator during the past few months, with the full 45 houses signed up to receive the four different heating systems, and a further 30 properties...