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ARTICLE IN PRESS I N T E R N A T I O N A L J O U R N A L O F H Y D R O G E N E N E R G Y 3 3 ( 2 0 0 8 ) 1 0 9 1 – 1 1 0 3 Available at journal homepage: /locate/ijhydene Hydrogen as an energy vector in the islands’ energy supply ´a, b a ´a,b Goran Krajacˇic , Rui Martins , Antoine Busuttil , Neven Duic , Maria da Grac-a Carvalhob,1,2 aDepartment of Energy, Power Engineering and Environment, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, ´ University of Zagreb, Ivana Lucˇica 5, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia b ´ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Hydrogen as an energy vector can increase penetration of renewable and intermittent Received 2 March 2007 sources in the energy supply of the islands and it can serve as an energy vector that may Received in revised form allow reaching 100% renewable energy supply of island communities. This article presents 4 December 2007 summary of the results of several case studies: Island of Mljet—Croatia, Porto Santo— Accepted 4 December 2007 Madeira, Terceira—Azores, and Malta. The islands were analysed by RenewIslands Available online 8 February 2008 methodology and it was decided to appl