Source: 100-percent.org
COUNTRY, ISLAND
ARUBA
Target: Cover all electricity demand by 100% renewable sources by 2020.
Status: In progress - To date, 15.4% electricity generation is from renewable energy.
RES: 30-MW wind park, and waste-to-energy project generating electricity through biogas.
Implementation: The Caribbean island of Aruba ...
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BONAIRE, CARIBBEAN NETHERLANDS
Target: 100% of renewable energy in the electrical system.
Status: In progress
RES: Hybrid wind-diesel power plant
Implementation: The Caribbean island of Bonaire is located 80km north of the Venezuelan coast. Its energy transition began in 2004 after the ...
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BOZCAADA, TURKEY
Target: 100% renewable electricity
Status: Achieved
RES: 17 turbine wind farm, solar arrays, hydrogen energy.
Implementation: Bozcaada is an island of Turkey in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea. It currently generates more power than it consumes. In ...
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CAPE VERDE
Target: 100% renewable energy by 2020, become a model for zero emissions on a global scale and a knowledge hub for several sub-regions.
Status: In progress
RES: Windpower
Implementation: Cape Verde is an island country spanning an archipelago of ...
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COOK ISLANDS
Target: Eliminate carbon emissions by 2020.
Status: In progress
RES: Solar photovoltaic arrays
Implementation: The Cook Islands depend heavily on imported fuels and the cost of electricity based on these fuels is very high. Although nearly all households in the ...
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COSTA RICA
Target: Achieve 100% RE in the electricity sector and to be 'carbon neutral', by 2021.
Status: In progress - In 2017, Costa Rica supplies around 93% of its total electricity needs from renewable energy sources, mostly from domestic hydro.
RES: Hydropower ...
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DENMARK
Target: Phase out fossil fuel use entirely in all energy sectors (including transportation) by 2050.
Status: In progress - In 2011, the share of renewable energy in the transportation mix was less than 1%, compared to a share of approximately 40% ...
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EL HIERRO, CANARY ISLANDS
Target: To become a self-sustaining island in the face of the global climate crisis and persistently high fossil fuel prices.
Status: Achieved
RES: Five turbine wind farms and hydro plant supplies 80% of the island's energy demands, 20% is generated through solar ...
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FIJI
Target: Achieve 100% renewable energy share in electricity generation by 2030.
Status: In progress
RES: Hydropower, biomass, solar, windpower, coconut oil has been used as an alternative to diesel fuel in some rural area projects, and pilot projects using biogas ...
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GOTLAND, SWEDEN
Target: Climate-neutral energy supply by 2025
Status: In progress
RES: Wind power
Implementation: The Swedish Island of Gotland is committed to having a climate-neutral energy supply by 2025. The objective is to use 100% local, renewable resources to meet all of ...
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HAWAII, USA
Target: 100% RE by 2045 in the electricity sector, with several interim benchmarks.
Status: In progress
RES: Solar power and wind power.
Implementation: In 2012, Hawaii was importing 93% of the energy it consumed and in 2013, the state ...
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HOKKAIDO, JAPAN
Target: 100% energy self-sufficiency by 2050.
Status: In progress
RES: Wind and biomass energy.
Implementation: Hokkaido is the second largest of the four main Japanese islands, and the largest of its 47 prefectures. Hokkaido is recognised as having great potential for renewable ...
ICELAND
Target: 100% renewable energy target in the electricity sector
Status: Achieved - >99% of the electricity production and >70% of the total energy production come from hydropower and geothermal sources. The country´s buildings are mostly heated with renewable energy and overall 81% ...
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JEJU PROVINCE, KOREA
Target: 100% renewable electricity and transport, and to be a "carbon-free island" by 2030.
Status: In progress
RES: Onshore (350 MW) and offshore (1 GW) wind turbines, solar (30 MW), small hydroelectric power plants, and power storage systems. Electric ...
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KODIAK, ALASKA, USA
Target: Produce 100% of the town's electrical demand with renewable energy by 2020.
Status: Achieved - By 2014, 99.7% of the electricity came from wind and hydropower.
RES: Wind turbines, smart battery system, grid integration, hydropower.
Implementation: In 2008, a renewable energy fund was ...
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KURIMAJIMA, MIYAKO CITY, JAPAN
Target: 100% renewable energy
Status: In progress
RES: Solar photovoltaics
Implementation: Kurimajima is a remote Japanese island, part of the Miyakojima Islands and municipality in the South of Okinawa prefecture. The island's only connection to the main island of Miyakojima is a 1,690-meter ...
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LOLLAND, DENMARK
Target: 100% renewable energy
Status: Achieved
RES: Wind energy
Implementation: By 2006, the island of Lolland off the coast of Denmark was already producing 50% more power from wind than it could consume. It was decided that the best use of ...
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MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
Target: Bring renewable, off-grid electricity and clean water to remote, conflict impacted communities in rural Mindanao.
Status: Achieved
RES: Solar photovoltaic (PV) battery chargers, PV solar home systems of 20-50 watt-peak, 210-300 watt-peak community PV systems for schools, health ...
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NIUE
Target: 100% renewable energy target by 2020.
Status: In progress
RES: Solar thermal and photovoltaics
Implementation: Niue is the smallest island in South Pacific inhabited by 14 communities. There are only 400 occupied households. Farming and fishing are the two most ...
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PALAWAN, PHILIPPINES
Target: 100% renewable energy
Status: In progress
RES: Hydropower
Implementation: Palawan is an island province off the coast of the Philippines. In order to promote access to electricity, increase reliability, add local jobs, protect the island environment, and lower energy costs, ...
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Target: 100% renewable energy in the electricity sector by 2030
Status: In progress
RES: Solar power and bio-energy
Implementation: Papua New Guinea (PNG) occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea off the northern coast of Australia. In March ...
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PELLWORM, GERMANY
Target: 100% renewable electricity
Status: Achieved
RES: Wind power, solar farm.
Implementation: Pellworm is the third largest North Frisian island and relies on tourism and agriculture. About 50 farms engage in livestock. 70 percent of the land is used ...
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RÉUNION, FRANCE
Target: 100% renewable electricity by 2028
Status: In progress - Renewable energy represents 13% of the primary energy consumption.
RES: Main sources of electricity generation are hydropower, photovoltaics and biomass (bagasse). Photovoltaic energy represents 8% of the production. From 2011 and ...
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SAINT LUCIA
Target: Generate 35% of the country's energy from renewables by 2020.
Status: In progress
RES: Geothermal, wind and solar power.
Implementation: Saint Lucia is a Sovereign Island and former French and British colony located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea ...
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SAMOA
Target: 100% renewable by 2025
Status: In progress
RES: Five hydropower stations, solar and wind power facilities. Hydropower is the most cost effective renewable energy to develop in the country. The island uses solar energy to complement hydro sources during the dry ...
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SAMSØ, DENMARK
Target: Move from a 100% RE island to a fossil free island by 2030
Status: Achieved - Samsø is the world´s first island powered by 100% renewable energy. In progress - It is almost totally carbon free and uses 100% RE in ...
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SCOTLAND, UK
Target: 100% renewable electricity by 2020 with an interim target of 50% by 2015. 11% renewable heat consumption increase and 12% energy efficiency increase by 2020. 16% energy productivity increase from 2005-2011.
Status: In progress - In 2012, the amount of electricity ...
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SINT EUSTATIUS, CARIBBEAN NETHERLANDS
Target: Reduce fossil fuel usage and establish a grid stabilizing energy supply based on renewable energies.
Status: Achieved - Produces 4.1 MW of energy, covering 45% of the islands annual energy share.
RES: Combination of a 2 MWp PV farm and diesel ...
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SOLOMON ISLANDS
Target: 100% renewable energy by 2030
Status: In progress
RES: Solar energy, hydro schemes on rivers, and biomass energy.
Implementation: One of the least developed countries in the world, the Solomon Islands consists of over 997 islands from which 97 ...
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SUMBA ISLAND, INDONESIA
Target: Electrify 95% of the island and exclusively provide power from renewable energy until 2025
Status: In progress - 10% of electricity production from solar, biogas and hydro.
RES: Most of projects rely on solar PV, biogas, or micro-hydro systems.
Implementation: The ...
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TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA
Target: 100% renewable energy by 2020.
Status: In progress
RES: Hydropower, windpower, rooftop solar photovoltaics.
Implementation: In 2013, the Tasmanian Government launched a climate action plan the "Climate Smart Tasmania: A 2020 Climate Change Strategy" which outlined the 100% ...
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TOKELAU
Target: 100% renewable energy
Status: Achieved
RES: 1MW off-grid solar energy system across three main atolls of Tokelau. The project includes : 4032 solar modules, 196 string inverters, 112 DC charge controllers, 84 battery inverters and 1344 batteries in ...
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TUVALU
Target: Achieve 100% renewable electricity and increase energy efficiency by 30%, by 2020
Status: In progress
RES: Solar photovoltaics, and biogas from pig manure.
Implementation: In 2009, the government of Tuvalu adopted the National Energy Policy (NEP) setting out its 100% target. The National ...
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VANUATU
Target: Transition to renewable energy balanced with energy efficiency to stimulate green growth.
Status: In progress
RES: Solar energy, hydropower and geothermal, coconut oil for biofuel.
Implementation: Vanuatu is a nation of the South Pacific Ocean comprising around 80 islands ...
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YAKUSHIMA, JAPAN
Target: Become a carbon free island by achieving a 100% renewable energy target.
Status: Achieved
RES: Hydropower, windpower, electric vehicle (EV) system.
Implementation: Yakushima is the fifth biggest island in Japan, located South of Japan's main island, and part ...
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