Samso: World’s First 100% Renewable Energy-Powered Island Is a Beacon for Sustainable Communities

Spear |, S. (2014) Samso: World’s First 100% Renewable Energy-Powered Island Is a Beacon for Sustainable Communities. Ecowatch.

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Little did I know after being invited by Sustainia to participate in a climate symposium in Copenhagen, Denmark, that I’d have the opportunity to visit Samso, the first island in the world to be completely powered by renewable energy. At the climate event, I sat next to Soren Hermansen, director of Samso’s Energy Academy and mastermind behind the transformation of his hometown, as the group discussed new ways to communicate the seriousness of global warming in anticipation of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that will be released this October. I shared with Hermansen my desire to visit Samso, as I wanted to see firsthand the progress the island has made since implementing their master plan more than 16 years ago. Within an hour, after several emails were exchanged, plans were set for me to spend one night and one day touring the island later that week. After a couple hour train ride from Copenhagen to Kalunborg, I boarded a ferry and arrived in Samso two hours later. I was met by Jesper Roug Kristensen, Samso Energy Academy’s business accounting and development manager. Already aware that Kristensen was a generous man, as he offered to host me at his family’s beautiful home, I was still pleasantly surprised by the incredible dinner and breakfast offered to me, and the following day’s itinerary that was arranged so I could meet the many people who have contributed to making Samso a world leader in sustainability.

Item Type:	Article
Creators:	Spear |, S.
Projects:	Renewable energy island
Date Deposited:	17 Aug 2015 10:26
Last Modified:	17 Aug 2015 10:28
URI:	http://arkiv.energiinstituttet.dk/id/eprint/575

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