Err no !!
Grid cables fail and need redundancy and maintenance. So for smaller islands - isolation could be easier.
The Euroasia cable could be nice. But i think all three countries are on a trend to reduce coal, increase Gas and push on solar. So i am not sure how much redundancy this will bring.
Re:Greek island to run on wind, solar power
by drcross on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @07:10PM
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From what I gather, the price of local generation has reached the point where it is less than the cost of high voltage transmission. Add to that battery storage will reach about 100kwh in the next two years and there's no reason anywhere should need to be connected to the massive grids we've known in the past.
On top of that Euroasia Interconnector will be connecting the grinds of Greece, Cyprus and Israel forming the world's longest submarine power cable. [2]
Connecting the power grid is cheaper long-term. Greece has roughly 200 inhabited islands.
[1] http://www.ekathimerini.com/230518/article/ekathimerini/busi...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroAsia_Interconnector#/media...