Summary

Islands are frequently held up as the proving ground for 100% renewable electricity — contained systems, clear stakeholder lines, and in most cases no main grid to fall back on. A new IEA PVPS Task 18 report puts that reputation to the test, examining 11 islands that have already reached, or come close to, very high renewable shares, from the 88-person village of Apolima in Samoa to Lolland in Denmark, home to more than 57,000 people and connected to the wider Danish grid.

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