Hybrid power plant of 36MW in Crete

1. Licensing procedure

 

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

Γ – 05752

 

 

2. Technology

 

R.E.S. unit:

wind park

Storage unit

pumped hydro storage (PHS)

 

 

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

 

 

3. Siting

 

Wind park installation location:

Hill “Oxi Kefali”

& Cape “Lithino”,

Prefecture of Heraklion

PHS installation location:

Cape “Lithino”

Prefecture of Heraklion

 

Figure 2: 3D representation of the wind parks”Oxi Kefali” siting on a wind potential map background.

 

 

Figure 3: 3d representation of the wind parks”Lithino” siting on a wind potential map background.

 

Figure 4: Siting of the pumped hydro storage system in the cape “Lithino”.

 

 

4. Dimensioning

 

Nominal guaranteed power (MW)

36.00

Wind park’s nominal power (MW)

42.00

Hydro turbines nominal power (MW)

51.78

Pumps nominal mechanical power (MW)

36.24

Pumps nominal electrical power (MW)

39.00

Hydro turbines nominal flow (m3/s)

19.42

Pumps nominal flow (m3/s)

13.75

Penstock structure

double penstock

Minimum falling head (m)

183.97

Maximum pumping head (m)

223.21

Falling penstock inner diameter (m)

2 x 3.0

Pumping penstock inner diameter (m)

2 x 3.0

Upper reservoir total volume (m3)

1,204,110

Upper reservoir effective capacity (m3)

1,148,871

Minimum water volume stored in upper reservoir (m3)

55,239

Total penstock length (m)

1,175

Lower reservoir

sea

 

 

Figure 5: Penstock route representation on a 3D digitized land terrain.

 

 

Figure 6: Vertical cross section of the penstock route.

 

 

5. Energy – environmental results

 

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

2.21%

CO2 emission annual reduction (tn):

54,670 (3.17%)

 

 

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

 

 

Figure 8: Power production synthesis during the annual peak power demand period (August) after the introduction of the hybrid power plant.