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
Day 1 | 14 May 2025
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09:00-09:30 | AZOT Registration Check-in for on-site participation. |
| 09:30 – 10:15 | AZOT Welcome and objective setting Welcoming of the participants from the Secretariat, DG ENER, and local hosts. |
| 10:15 – 10:40 | AZOT Keynote speech: Energy transition and public policies for the Portuguese islands. |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | AZOT Introduction to the breakout sessions: balancing the social, environmental, technical and economic dimensions of projects on EU islands. |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | AZOT Coffee Break Transfer to working groups. |
| 11:30 – 13:30 | AZOT Breakout session #1: Renewable energy generation. |
| 11:30 – 13:30 | AZOT Breakout session #2: Sustainable transport. |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | AZOT Lunch break. |
| 14:30– 14:45 | AZOT Update of the regulatory inventory. |
