Title :
Grid connection costs for renewable energy plants in Greece
Author :
Bada, Aikaterini I. ; Perrakis, Konstantinos G.
Author_Institution :
Heron Thermoelectric S.A., Athens, Greece
Abstract :
In this paper an analysis of the costs of Grid Connection of renewable energy plants in Greece is performed. The analysis is limited to wind power and photovoltaic plants, as they represent the large majority of RES plants currently installed in Greece in order to meet the national targets of 20-2020 by year 2020. The analysis is based on ex-ante information available in connection offers provided to RES generators by the competent grid operators; it includes the following categories: (a) wind energy plants to be connected to the transmission system and to be installed on the mainland, on interconnected islands and on non-interconnected islands and (b) photovoltaic plants to be installed on the mainland and to be connected to the transmission or distribution system.
Keywords :
AC generators; photovoltaic power systems; power grids; renewable energy sources; wind power plants; Greece; RES generators; RES plants; distribution system; grid connection costs; grid operators; noninterconnected islands; photovoltaic plants; renewable energy plants; transmission system; wind power plants; grid connection cost; photovoltaic systems; renewable energy; wind energy;
Conference_Titel :
Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion (MEDPOWER 2012), 8th Mediterranean Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cagliari
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-715-1
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2012.2045
