{"id":22734,"date":"2019-03-07T12:28:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T11:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=22734"},"modified":"2025-03-07T18:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:26:03","slug":"tilos-green-island-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/tilos-green-island-mediterranean\/","title":{"rendered":"Only wind, sun and a \u201cslow\u201d tourism. The Greek Tilos is the first 100% green island of the Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"

By 2020, the EU member states will have to meet their energy needs achieving the 20% target of energy coming from renewable sources. And what if I tell you that some places have already reached this goal? In particular, there is a little island in the Mediterranean Sea<\/strong>, which as early as this summer could entirely rely\u00a0on wind and solar energy.\u00a0I\u2019m talking about Tilos<\/strong>, one of the several gems of the Dodecanese, reachable in just two hours by ferry from\u00a0the famous Rhodes.<\/p>\n

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Tilos, Greece, ph. by Kostas Limitsios, via Flickr<\/div><\/div>\n

The island has about 500 inhabitants and it is located outside of the typical tourist\u00a0itineraries of those who want to relax on the beaches with the characteristic white and blue houses behind
\nthem, but still it is able to attract a decent number of visitors: up to 3000 in high season, for a total of 13.000\u00a0annual tourists.<\/p>\n

It is precisely this peak of numbers during the hot season that has often led to serious problems in the island.\u00a0Electrical energy used to come entirely from a submarine pipeline which tied Tilos with the close Kos and,\u00a0due to the high demand of energy which often exceeded the supply, prolonged blackouts were frequent.\u00a0Needless to talk about the damage for locals and tourists, forced to remain without light and air conditioning\u00a0or, even worse, for the restaurants which repeatedly had to throw their food supplies, because of the lack of\u00a0cold storage.<\/p>\n

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View over Tilos, ph. by Fredrik Rubensson, via flickr<\/div><\/div>\n

It is therefore not a coincidence if Tilos has been selected by the European Commission as the winner of a\u00a0tender notice for the spread of sustainable energy that will make the island a full-fledged green reality. The\u00a0pilot project, worth 13.7 million of euros (80% of which is borne by the EU), is part of the Horizon 2020\u00a0Project, involving 13 enterprises and institutes from seven EU countries: Germany, France, Greece, the Uk,\u00a0Sweden, Italy and Spain.<\/p>\n

It must be said that Tilos is not the only existing representative of this new trend of clean energy. Another\u00a0example, still in the European area, is the Danish island of Sams\u00f8<\/strong><\/a>, which has become the protagonist of a\u00a0gradual but continuous shift and it represents an ecological model<\/strong>: it has been a decade since electricity\u00a0needed by over 4000 citizens is produced by renewable sources. The last challenge to be faced is the\u00a0complete elimination of fossil fuel, replacing all the vehicles, including the private ones, on the island.<\/p>\n

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ph. by Karsten Wurth, via unsplash<\/div><\/div>\n

The great innovation about the project on Tilos, however, is not the realization of wind<\/strong> and solar<\/strong> installations,\u00a0but the introduction of two accumulators<\/strong> equipped with special sodium-nickel batteries, produced by the\u00a0Italian company Fiamm. The main characteristic of these batteries is their insensitivity to outdoor\u00a0temperatures, managing to store some energy produced in the most profitable days and use it when the\u00a0demand increases. The test already completed gave positive results, but the litmus test will be only this\u00a0summer, when the number of tourists is at his maximum.<\/p>\n

The mayor Maria Kammas is very satisfied. Tourism, in fact, is the first source of livelihood for the island, but\u00a0a particular one has been encouraged: the slow one. \u201cWe are looking for the type of tourist who loves the\u00a0environment and who is naturally inclined to safeguard it\u201d says Kammas. Thus, who is keen on trekking and\u00a0birdwatching<\/strong> will find in Tilos his perfect destination, since it is the habitat of 150 species of birds and 650\u00a0different plants and now even the first \u2013 and for the moment the only one \u2013 100% clean island of the\u00a0<\/strong>Mediterranean<\/strong>, hoping that the \u201cgreen revolution\u201d will move towards new shores too.<\/p>\n

Author:\u00a0Andrea Trevisiol<\/em><\/p>\n

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