Addressing a conference on the theme "Institutional framework, investment opportunities and innovation in the sector of electrical energy" organised by the Public Power Corporation (PPC) in Athens, Maniatis noted that the government's target was to increase the RES participation in the country's energy balance to at least 20 percent by the year 2020.
In addition to aeolic, photovoltaic and hydroelectric power units, the plan also includes offshore aeolic parks and geothermal units, Maniatis said, stressing that the country's energy mix will not include coal or nuclear units.
He noted that the investment plans for RES units that have already received licences or have been approved by the Energy Regulatory Authority are in excess of 1,000 and represent 9,000 MW. The deputy minister added that 90 percent of those concerned aeolic units, while the applications for photovoltaic units exceed 3,000 MW. Worthy of note, he continued, is that a plethora of applications (more than 7,000) concern small photovoltaic units, adding that their evaluation by the Authority will be completed soon.
Maniatis further stressed the plans to hook up the islands with the mainland network, which will benefit both the national economy and the islands of the Aegean themselves, which currently face energy problems.
The deputy minister outlined the targets of the new government's energy policy, which include energy supply security, optimisation of services, environmental protection, tackling energy poverty, improvement of the units' and the transport/distribution network's efficiency, and promotion of RES and energy conservation, which (RES) will be treated as a national energy resource comparable to lignite, aeolic and solar energy.
In that framework, measures for energy conservation by all consumers and households will be taken, especially during peak hours, through the utilisation of modern technology, Maniatis concluded.
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