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Power produced by renewables and hydroelectric plants accounted for 57% of Greece’s energy mix, an 8.5% rise from 2022 according to the country’s Independent Power Transmission Operator IPTO. The Greek government is positioning Greece as an eventual energy hub for the Balkan region and Europe.
The Greek government is positioning Greece as an eventual energy hub for the Balkan region and Europe. Greece will submit an updated energy and climate plan to the EU in June 2024 which will reflect is continued commitment to increasing RES production.
The Greek government anticipates that over 7 billion euro will be invested in the development of offshore wind parks to achieve the goal of Greece’s Energy Plan (ESEK) of 1.9GW.
The aim of this study was to explore the operational potential of forest-photovoltaic by simulating solar tree installation. The forest-photovoltaic concept is to maintain carbon absorption activities in the lower part while acquiring solar energy by installing a photovoltaic structure on the upper part of forest land.
Approach used for providing solar energy includes the utilisation of a solar tower system with a solar reactor atop the solar tower or preheater tower in a conventional cement plant. Analysis considered thermal energy substitution ranging from 100% to 50%.
Gonzalez and Flamant (2013) designed a hybrid model that uses solar and fossil fuel energy to fulfill the thermal energy requirement for cement manufacturing. Concentrated solar thermal (CST) is a potential replacement for 40%–100% of the thermal energy needed in a conventional cement plant.
This study shows that it is feasible to implement concentrated solar energy for the calcination process of cement production. Solar resource for the chosen plant location permits operation for an average of 12 h per day. 9 h of these 12 h are useable, with the remaining 3 h being utilized to heat up and cool down the solar reactor.
Concentrated solar power system is designed for cement industry. Substitution of required thermal energy ranging from 100% to 50% is studied. 7600 heliostats with 570 ha land required for 50% conventional energy replacement with solar energy. Selected conventional cement plant could save 419 thousand tons of CO 2 annually.
