Solar power in Greece

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Photovoltaic solar tracker in Lixouri
Solar insolation in Greece

The solar energy development in Greece started in 2006 and was skyrocketed from 2009 onwards because of the high feed-in tariffs introduced and the corresponding regulations for domestic applications of PVs on rooftops. However this mechanism overheated the market creating a big deficit of more than 500 million euros in the Greek "Operator of Electricity Market". Because that boom in the market couldn't be sustained, since August 2012 new regulations have been introduced including a temporary tax imposed to all operating PV plants (residential applications excluded), licencing of new PV projects have been put on halt and the feed-in tariffs were drastically reduced. [1]

Development of solar power in Greece has been proposed as a way of getting Greece out of debt. Greece has proposed the largest to date anywhere in the world solar power plant, 3,000–10,000 MW, Project Helios, to be built in sections, in locations to be determined.[2] By December 2013, the total installed photovoltaic capacity in Greece had reached 2,419.2 MWp [3] from which the 987.2 MWp were installed in the period between January-September 2013 despite the unprecedented financial crisis. [4] Greece ranks 5th worldwide with regard to per capita installed PV capacity. It is expected that PV produced energy will cover up to 7% of the country's electricity demand in 2014. [5]

Solar power consists of two types. The cheapest in 2013 is photovoltaics (PV),[6] but that is a variable renewable energy source. The second type of solar power, though, concentrated solar power (CSP), can efficiently provide 24 hour storage, making CSP dispatchable, and load following.[7]

Photovoltaic

Current

Greece's largest photovoltaic (PV) power plants[8][9]
Power Location Description Constructed
4.3 MW Florina Florina industrial zone 2009
2 MW Volos Photovoltaic power plant Volos 2009
2 MW Thebes Photovoltaic power plant Thebes 2009
1.997 MW Koutsopodi 2009
1.99 MW Tripoli 2009
1.25 MW Pournari 2009
1 MW Iliopenditiki 2009
944 kW Pontoiraklia 2009
100 kW Kythnos 2009
60 kW Sifnos 1998
20 kW Tavros, ILPAP Building 2009
20 kW Ethel Station 2009
20 kW Maroussi, Eirini station 2009

Future

Greece's largest photovoltaic (PV) power plants[10][11]
Power Location Description Constructed
200–300 MW Kozani Park of Kozani –
50 MW Megalopoli Park of Megalopoli –
0.48 MW Crete Park of Atherinolakos –

See also

References

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  1. ↑ HELAPCO: The Greek PV Market
  2. ↑ Project Helios: A brighter future for Greece?
  3. ↑ LAGIE: DAS Monthly Reports
  4. ↑ HELAPCO: Total installed capacity January-September 2013
  5. ↑ HELAPCO: The Greek PV market
  6. ↑ Why Solar Panels are Cheaper in Germany
  7. ↑ Why CSP Should Not Try to be Coal
  8. ↑ Large-scale photovoltaic power plants located in Greece
  9. ↑ PPC Renewables Photovoltaic Parks
  10. ↑ PPC Renewables Photovoltaic Parks
  11. ↑ PPC to develop a large photovoltaic project in Kozani
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