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Azores Archipelago
1370 Km
1940 Km617 Km
• Remote• Isolated• Oceanic
• Lack of Territorial Continuity
600 km
• Lack of Continental Shelf
Environmentally important, rare and sensitive area
• 2 marine Ramsar areas;• 3 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves;• 12 OSPAR marine protected areas;• 32 Blue Flags, for bathing areas excellence;• 40 EU - Natura 2000 sites;• 44+5 regulated marine protected areas;• ca. 1800 marine species;• All the archipelago – QualityCoast, Gold Level, nº 1.
Huge Exclusive Economic Zone – 1,000,000 Km2
More than zoning, the Azorean MSP wishes to open spaces and suggest new uses.
Marine Spatial Planning of the Azores in development phase.
Description of the electric system
• Energy grids are all isolated, meaning that there are nine particular energy systems;
• 900.000 MWh annual production of electricity• 70% from Thermal sources (63.6% come from Fuel and 8.3% come from
Diesel)• 30% from Renewable sources (20.4% come from Geothermal production
and 7.6% come from Water and Wind);• The sectors with biggest shares are the Domestic consumption (35%)
Commerce & Services (33%), followed by the Public Services (16%);• EDA - Eletricidade dos Açores is the Regional electrical company and has a
concession for the production (Ensures the management and maintenance of production equipment of the 9 islands), transport and distribution of energy.
• The regional government is the majority (51%) shareholder of EDA.
Blue growth has a tool for energy autonomy
• Our aim on this project is to find new methods to take advantage of the region’s natural resources in order to guarantee its energy autonomy.
Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund)
Offshore energy
Courtesy: WindFloat – EDP and Power Principle
