In Wallis and Futuna, the energy of the future is being invented on an island

Excerpt from la1ere.franceinfo.fr

Asmall but symbolic revolution is brewing in Mata Utu. From October 20th to 24th , Wallis and Futuna will become the laboratory for the Pacific's energy future . Engineers, experts, and officials from Polynesia, New Caledonia, Fiji, and Curaçao will gather in Akaaka for a workshop unlike any other: four days to imagine how the islands can achieve energy self-sufficiency .

The program is called Green Overseas (GO) . Funded by the European Union and managed by Expertise France , it supports European overseas territories in their transition to renewable energy . In Wallis, the question is urgent: how to produce solar, wind, or hydroelectric power on a tiny grid, isolated from the world, without depending on imported fuel?