These projects, co-financed through ACIISI's 2026 Action Program, aim to promote the energy transition, territorial observation, and sustainability in the archipelago. The total investment mobilizes €31,047,134.00, with a direct contribution from ACIISI of €13,525,441.00, sourced from the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR) and the Canary Islands' own funds.
In the area of energy and green hydrogen, the Canary Islands Oceanic Platform (PLOCAN) leads an initiative with a subsidy of €6,000,000.00, of which €2,148,000.00 is contributed by ACIISI. The project, with a 48-month execution horizon, focuses on low-temperature green hydrogen generation from off-shore wind energy and its use in industrial and domestic sectors via fuel cells, aiming to decarbonize transport and industry.
For the intelligent management of biodiversity and territorial observation, the Canarias Geo Innovation Program 2030, driven by the Technological Park of Fuerteventura, has a budget of €23,000,000.00, with €10,660,944.00 from ACIISI. It will utilize disruptive aerospace technologies, such as pseudo-satellite high-altitude platforms (HAPS) and drones, for monitoring natural spaces, forest fires, and resource management in the face of climate change.
The ThinkInAzul strategy, focused on marine sciences, has an allocation of €2,047,134.00, with an ACIISI contribution of €716,497.00. This program, lasting 48 months, involves the Technological Institute of the Canary Islands (ITC), the University of La Laguna (ULL), the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), PLOCAN, and CSIC-IEO. It promotes applied research and technological transfer in marine aquaculture and blue biotechnology, seeking sustainable production processes and minimizing the carbon footprint.
These three projects reinforce ACIISI's priority line of consolidating research and technological development on strategic challenges for the Canary Islands, fostering public-private collaboration and the transition towards a more sustainable and low-carbon economic model.
