Salina Aeolian Islands, Italy Salina in a nutshell Energy System Description The second largest of the Aeolian islands Final Energy Consumption in 2018 CO2 Located off the Sicilian North-East coast [MWh] [tonne] A volcanic island with high biodiversity Declared World Heritage in 2000 Electricity 8,160 3,754 Heating 2,119 497 Population increases by 210% during the summer Transport to & from 61,028 16,294 Transport on Island 13,154 3,389 Permanent population: 2,600 Peak during the summer months: 8,000 Other 1,284 343 TOTAL: 85,745 24,277 Well connected to mainland, Calabria and Sicily Both by boat and hydrofoil • 70 km from Milazzo (Sicily) Electricity • 1.5 h by hydrofoil Non-interconnected Primary energy consumption in 2018: 26,322 MWh Tourism is the main economic activity 2 Diesel power plants: Although it used to be local wine • Santa Marina Salina 5.1 MW and caper production • Malfa 3.1 MW Stakeholder mapping Heating Households’ heating and hot water is mostly generated with LPG Renewable heating has been recently installed: 2 Civil society Business sector • 14 m of solar thermal Salina Isola Verde • 17 kW biomass heating (pellets) (Association of hoteliers and tour operators) ERIC project Agricultural & wine company (Local purchasing group) Capper Association Marevivo Liberty Lines, Siremar, Caronte, (Non-profit organisation for Italian General Navigation environmental protection) (Shipping company) Transport on the island Marnavi (Sea freight company) Enel (Electricity production company) 5 Public transport minibuses 1,300 Private vehicles that consist mostly of cars and motorcycles powered by gasoline Public sector Academia Municipalities: ENEA • Santa Marina Salina Italian National Agency for new technologies, Transport to and from the island • Malfa energy and sustainable development • Leni INVG Hydrofoils and ferries Energy Dept. of Sicily region National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology are powered by diesel engines National UNESCO Heritage Department of Engineering, Foundation for Sicily Department of Agricultural, Fresh water is transported by tankers, Food and Forestry Sciences Consortium for University of Palermo representing 5% of the energy consumed to inter-municipal transport Nicola Giordano (CITIS) Institute of Advanced Technologies and from the island CLEAN ENERGY FOR EU ISLANDS Vision Salina is a sustainable island with an energy generation system based on renewables. Transport is decarbonised and all buildings are energy efficient. The local community uses resources efficiently and the island’s natural features are respected. Transition pathways Households and consumers Solar Thermal heat Smart solutions for Heat pumps demand response Wave energy Encourage aggregation of Wind prosumers electricity Solar photovoltaic Geothermal Road transport Biomass Electrification public transport Electric private vehicles Electricity Promote car-sharing storage Maritime tranport Liquefied Natural Gas LNG ferries with increasing fuel incorporation of biofuels Raise awareness among citizens Education on best practices concerning water and energy savings Transition governance Leader ENEA Coordinator Energy Managers (of the 3 municipalities) Clean Energy Transition Investors Fleet Technical solutions decarbonisation evaluation Solar Biodigesters ENEA, Universities, ERIC project Businesses Businesses Citizens CNR-ITAE, INGV Hotels’ owners Businesses Environmental Energy efficiency Road transport protection promotion electrification Marevivo Local and regional administrations.