On August 5th, R2M Energy and Comune di Carloforte met with the participants of San Pietro island’s pilot to present the first good results obtained thanks to the deployment of the innovative technologies provided by the project: MIDAC batteries, Mitsubishi Electric’s high efficiency heat pumps and NesosNet’s smart meters EnergyHUB….
Until recently, the energy mix has been disproportionately dominated by fossil fuels which require being burnt and thus polluting our environment to produce the electric power we all need for our daily lives. In doing so, we have inadvertently selected to sacrifice our habitat for industrial and economical prosperity. To…
During the general assembly of REACT we decided to get closer to the citizens to let them know first-hand the advantages offered by the solutions developed in the project. We were in the center of Arrecife showing the benefits offered by the REACT solutions in the facilities were they have…
Last week from the 25th to the 27th REACT partners gathered together in Lanzarote to attend the project 7th General Assembly. During the first day the different actions carried out were been presented on all areas: social, technological, technical and their relationship with the pilot demos. The planned activities for…
Twenty-one buildings in La Graciosa, of which three are public, are already energy independent thanks to the REACT research project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme. The objective is to achieve the energy independence of the islands through the combination of renewable energy sources and their storage, thanks…
Last week on the 26th and 27th of April we gathered on the beautiful island of Inis mór /Arann to present to some follower island authorities the advances in the REACT project. Our aim and objectives of this visit and meeting was to provide a detailed tour and information talk to…
REACT is a 4-year innovation project, funded by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Union. Its objective is to achieve energy independence for the islands by combining renewable energy sources and their storage, with an active demand management platform, promoting the participation of users in a local energy community….
Ireland’s Energy White Paper (December 2015) and National Mitigation Plan (June 2017) emphasise the role of citizens and communities in meeting energy targets for a low carbon future. The national Sustainable Energy Communities (SEC) Programme, run by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), is one of the main pillars for driving the growth…
