Title :
Status of distributed generation in the Greek Islands
Author :
Hatziargyriou, N.D. ; Tsikalakis, A. ; Androutsos, A.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens
Abstract :
Greece, as member of the European Union follows the European policies regarding compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, as expressed by the directive of 2001/77/CE on the promotion of renewable energy sources. The state target of Greece is 20.1% penetration in electricity production amounting to 14.5 TWh per year. Greece is a country with many dispersed islands where favorable conditions for exploiting RES exist and the installation of RES can contribute to a more economic operation of these power systems In this paper, the legal and financial framework for investing and operating RES on Greek islands, the current and prospective level of installations, the benefits from their installation and the barriers for further development are described
Keywords :
distributed power generation; government policies; power generation economics; renewable energy sources; 2001/77/CE directive; European Union; European policies; Greece; Greek Islands; Kyoto Protocol; dispersed islands; distributed generation; electricity production; power systems economic operation; renewable energy sources; Distributed control; Electronic mail; Energy consumption; Law; Legal factors; Power system interconnection; Production; Renewable energy resources; Water heating; Wind power generation; Autonomous power systems; Distributed Generation (DG); Energy Storage; PV; Renewable Energy Sources (RES); Wind Power;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0493-2
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2006.1709075
