Conferences and summits: Clean energy for EU islands forum 2025
Join us in the Azores for the #CE4EUislands forum 2025! Island communities, experts, and stakeholders will come together to explore the path to achieving a 100% renewable energy future while balancing environmental, economic, and social priorities.
SAVE THE DATE: 14-15 May 2025, São Miguel, AZORES, PORTUGAL
The forum will showcase the progress made with the EU islands secretariat’s 30 for 2030 initiative. We will discuss the first results, tackle the challenges of the island energy transition, and explore how the findings can be replicated to achieve a sustainable transition.
Participants will discover exciting projects currently leading the renewable energy transition across the 30 for 2030 islands, focusing on how they're meeting environmental, economic, and social needs. Through interactive discussions, we'll identify gaps and opportunities to scale up these successes.
This year’s forum also offers hands-on collaboration with working groups tackling key environmental, economic, and social priorities and challenges that are vital for building a sustainable energy future!
Logistical Information
Event Location & Livestream
The event will be organised on-site at the Octant hotel in Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. Selected agenda points will be live-streamed.
Workshops
This workshop is part of our ongoing series of capacity-building initiatives to support the 30 for 2030 islands and island groups as they transition to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
- Effective Communication and Capacity Building Strategies on Energy and Sustainability, 13 May 2025
- Battery Storage: Available Technologies, State of the Market, Investment, Business Plans, 16 May 2025
Agenda & Slides
Day 1 | 14 May 2025
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09:00-09:30 | Registration Check-in for on-site participation. |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Welcome and objective setting. Welcoming of the participants from the Secretariat, DG ENER, and local hosts. |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Introduction to the four dimensions of clean energy projects. Keynote speech on the social, environmental, technical and economic dimensions of clean energy projects on EU islands. |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break Transfer to working groups. |
| 11:30 – 13:30 | Breakout session #1: Renewable energy generation. Projects developed within the technical assistance to the 30 for 2030 islands will be used as case studies. |
| 11:30 – 13:30 | Breakout session #2: Sustainable transport. Projects developed within the technical assistance to the 30 for 2030 islands will be used as case studies. |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch break. |
| 14:30– 14:45 | Update of the regulatory inventory. Presentation of the regulatory inventory as a tool to support communities in developing energy projects. |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Introduction to the site visits. Presentation of the site visits of the two days. |
| 15:00 – 18:30 | Site visits. |
Day 2 | 15 May 2025
Program details will continue with registration check-in for on-site participation.
