Gran Canaria Island Energy Council

With a focus on achieving energy sovereignty on the island of Gran Canaria, CIEGC works to sustainably transform the island’s energy model by focusing on growing renewable energy sources, stimulating energy efficiency, developing the circular economy, and more.

The Gran Canaria Island Energy Council (CIEGC) was created in 2015 to eliminate the barriers that slow down the development of a sustainable energy model on the island.

The mission of the CIEGC is to implement an alternative energy model to achieve maximum energy sovereignty in Gran Canaria through the use of Renewable Energies.

The Council is designed to change the energy model in Gran Canaria, aiming for energy sovereignty with renewable energies as the backbone. In recent years, it has been advancing its competencies on climate change adaptation and the circular economy.

CIEGC was made with the intention of promoting clean energies, creating consortia with city councils and other institutions, and taking advantage of the Cabildo’s assets (land, roofs, etc.) to make it a reality.

Other aims of the Council is to stimulate energy savings and efficiency policies in the facilities of the Cabildo, city councils, in homes and in different economic sectors; to promote R&D&I in the field of energy; to promote research, development and technological innovation; to train professionals and to create citizen awareness; to capture resources and return them to families, industries, public institutions.

Activities

To achieve its mission, CIEGC focuses its actions on the following areas:

Train professionals in the energy sectors in energy efficiency and train and raise awareness among citizens in a more efficient use of their energy demand;