Electricity and hot water from renewable sources through district heating, ensures for its inhabitants St. Stratis the pilot project for its transformation into a green island, while the “package” of interventions includes electric vehicles to serve the needs of the Municipality and energy saving interventions in municipal buildings.
Yesterday, the contract between Terna Energy and the Centre for Renewable Sources and Energy Saving was signed for the construction of a hybrid power plant for the production of electricity and thermal energy from renewable sources on the island. The station consists of a wind turbine, photovoltaic, batteries and an Energy Management and Control System through which it aims to the coverage of the 85% of the island's energy needs from RES.
PPC's existing oil-fired power plant will remain in operation to meet needs when weather conditions do not allow the production of green energy and battery reserves are exhausted, but also for safety reasons.
In addition, the electricity generated by the hybrid power plant will feed a district heating system that will include central heat generation and storage units (hot water tanks), as well as the distribution network of thermal energy to final consumers (an underground hot water transmission network will be constructed in the settlement of Agios Stratis).
The project has been included in the NSRF, also includes the implementation of energy upgrading interventions in municipal buildings (schools, town hall, market, assembly centres, etc.) The Municipality will also purchase electric cars and bicycles to serve its needs. The vehicles will be charged with green energy from the island's grid.
The total budget of the project is €7.7 million and the construction period is 25 months. The operational results (at technological, managerial and institutional level) are expected with particular interest, as examples of combining a hybrid RES system with district heating in an autonomous system are almost non-existent worldwide.
