Hybrid power plant in Kastelorizo, Greece

1. Licensing procedure

 

Application number in Regulatory Authority of Energy for the issuance of the Power Production license

Γ – 05844

 

 

2. Technology

 

R.E.S. unit:

wind park & photovoltaic station

Storage unit

electrochemical lead acid batteries OPzV

 

 

Figure 1: Layout of the hybrid power plant in Kastelorizo.

 

 

3. Siting

 

Hybrid power plant installation location:

Hill “Maderi”

 

Figure 2: Siting of the hybrid power plant in the hill “Maderi”.

 

 

Figure 3: 3D representation of the wind parks siting on a wind potential map background.

 

4. Dimensioning

 

Nominal guaranteed power (MW)

1.0

Wind park’s nominal power (kW)

850

Photovoltaic station nominal power (kW)

860

Batteries charging / discharging capacity (kW)

1,440

Batteries storage nominal capacity (MWh)

7.200

Batteries maximum discharge depth (%)

60

 

 

5. Energy – environmental results

 

Annual cover percentage of the electricity consumption in the autonomous insular system from the hybrid power plant:

89.42%

CO2 emission annual reduction (tn):

2,452 (89.41%)

 

 

Figure 4: Annual power production synthesis before the introduction of the hybrid power plant.

 

Figure 5: Annual power production synthesis after the introduction of the hybrid power plant.

 

Figure 6: Power production synthesis during the annual peak power demand period (August) before the introduction of the hybrid power plant.

 

 

Figure 7: Power production synthesis during the annual peak power demand period (August) after the introduction of the hybrid power plant.

 

Figure 8: Annual variation of the batteries strings charging level.