Innovative RES Solutions for Isolated Territories: Hydrogen as a Storage Medium Integrated with Renewable Energy Sources

The first aim of this paper is to analyse the potential for application of hydrogen production and storage systems integrated with renewable energy sources, aimed to provide safe, efficient and stable energy solutions for building and transportation on isolated territories. The value of this concept will be checked on the examples of pilot and demonstration facilities developed for distant European islands. Several archipelagos belonging to different European countries were selected as case studies. The purpose of such choice is to investigate various climatic, geographic and legislative conditions determining the new opportunities that may bring benefits to cleaner and more sustainable environment. The second goal of this study is to check if/how European Union Framework Programmes contributed to the development of increased energy efficiency, independence and renewability in the isolated European territories.