Projects
A major challenge faced by Culatra 2030 remains the acquisition and successful articulation of a variety of financing sources into an integrated initiative. Culatra 2030 has been funded so far from a scattered policy mix of local, regional, national and EU sources.
Energy Production and Distribution
During the course of the “Bárbara” storm, which devastated the national territory on October 19, 2020, the Culatra Fishing Center lost the only relevant community infrastructure, the multipurpose tent of Clube União Culatrense.
The main objective of this project is to enhance and promote aquaculture on Ilha da Culatra, ensuring the future economic, social and environmental sustainability of this economic activity.
The project “Energy Self-sufficiency in the buildings of the Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes Association”, the most voted proposal in the Participatory Budget of the Union of Parishes of Faro
Community Empowerment
The objective of the “Culatra, Comunidade Sustentável” project is to create opportunities for the sustainable development of Culatra Island (Faro) through the implementation of an integrated programme of information, awareness, training and capacity building.
The project “DACulatra – Participatory Diagnosis and Action Plan for ecological sustainability on the island of Culatra” is part of a larger initiative, called “Culatra 2030 – Sustainable Energy Community”, which aims in general terms at the development of a pilot community in renewable energies on the island of Culatra.
The Culatra Energy Transition Agenda constitutes a challenge and an opportunity for the development of the community, so it is necessary to create a set of mechanisms that favor and accelerate the process of structural innovation and that contribute to the construction of a territory that is self-sustaining in terms of energy, based on renewable energies.
International Cooperation
SMILO, Sustainable Islands, has launched an international competition for innovative proposals for sustainability on islands. CIMA, in collaboration with the Culatra Island Residents’ Association, proposed the development of a non-intrusive desalination prototype, that is, desalinating sea water to produce non-potable fresh water using surplus photovoltaic production.
HYDROUSA is an EU Innovation project, coordinated by NTUA, approved under the topic “Water in the context of the circular economy
The New European Bauhaus is a creative and interdisciplinary initiative that connects the European Green Deal to our living spaces and experiences.
Science & Innovation
H2tALENT is a pioneering project aimed at establishing a comprehensive hydrogen economy within the Alentejo region.
The AGERAR PLUS project aims to harness the potential of cooperation to consolidate the innovative and scientific framework of Spain and Portugal in terms of energy.
The CEL RURAL project aims to promote the implementation of renewable energies at the rural level to reinforce the development of a sustainable and local energy system in cross-border regions of the POCTEP space through the adoption of innovative models of shared energy self-consumption in the field of local energy communities (CEL) in rural environments.