First we will provide some information about Malta and the uninhabited islands before discussing the instruments and the multi-criteria analysis. Malta’s land area is 316 square kilometres. The three biggest uninhabited islands are: Malta, Gozo and Comino, but there are way more. St Paul’s Island (0,101 km2), Cominotto (0,099 km2), Halfa Rock (two meters above sea-level), Old Battery’s Rock, Lantern Point Rock (height of 7 meters), Large Blue Lagoon Rock, Small Blue Lagoon Rocks, Devil’s End Rock, Ghallis Rocks, Tac Cawl Rock, Cheirolophus Rock, Barbaganni Rock, Crocodile Rock & Bear Rocks, Qawra Point, Comino Cliff Face Rock, Xrobb I-Ghagin Rock, Fessej Rock, Ghemieri Rocks, Hnejja Rocks and the White Rock are all the uninhabited rocks which
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Furthermore, there is a lot of space on the uninhabited islands, because nobody lives there. This is not the case in Comino, Malta and Gozo where there is no space for a solar panel park. The cost of solar panels incurred is only the initial costs. After installing they create free energy to use. The creation and installation of solar panels will create new jobs. Where an investment of a million dollars in the coal industry creates 7 more jobs, the same investment in the solar industry will create 14 more jobs. In wind it will create 13 and in biomass it will create 17. Besides advantages, there are also disadvantages. Solar panels on a big scale are less efficient than wind turbines on a big scale. But putting wind turbines on the uninhabited islands/in the sea will get more resistance from the people. The last disadvantage mentioned by us has to do with global warming. Because of global warming the sea-level rises and if we put solar panels on rocks which are not even 2 meter above sea-level, the chance is high that within a couple of years/decades the sea-level will be higher than the islets and the rocks. This will make the solar panels drown. Therefore we need to choose islets and rocks with a minimal number of
Furthermore, there is a lot of space on the uninhabited islands, because nobody lives there. This is not the case in Comino, Malta and Gozo where there is no space for a solar panel park. The cost of solar panels incurred is only the initial costs. After installing they create free energy to use. The creation and installation of solar panels will create new jobs. Where an investment of a million dollars in the coal industry creates 7 more jobs, the same investment in the solar industry will create 14 more jobs. In wind it will create 13 and in biomass it will create 17. Besides advantages, there are also disadvantages. Solar panels on a big scale are less efficient than wind turbines on a big scale. But putting wind turbines on the uninhabited islands/in the sea will get more resistance from the people. The last disadvantage mentioned by us has to do with global warming. Because of global warming the sea-level rises and if we put solar panels on rocks which are not even 2 meter above sea-level, the chance is high that within a couple of years/decades the sea-level will be higher than the islets and the rocks. This will make the solar panels drown. Therefore we need to choose islets and rocks with a minimal number of