![]() ![]() ![]() Any excess gets switched to the electrolysis equipment to produce hydrogen which is stored. Use whatever photovoltaic electrical energy they need in summer to power the buildings directly. The municipality should investigate electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen as a storage mechanism. Recently there was an article saying that PPC was reopening highly polluting lignite power stations because of oil/gas shortages shortly followed by an article saying that the government was considering providing a subsidy of up to 60 % to encourage households to install photovoltaic on their roofs shortly followed by an article saying that DEDDIE is not granting licences to connect such systems to the grid. There is no joined up thinking in Greece. The zero energy consumption project with the installation of photovoltaic panels on 19 buildings had a cost 6.5 million euros, the swimming pool has a budget of 3.5 million euros and the hydro turbine 3 million euros. The icing on the top is now that if the issue is not solved, the European Union will not give its subsidy of 80% of the project budget as it ought to until the end of 2023 when the programming period ends. On the contrary, the citizens continue to put their hand in their pocket and pay for the consumption of municipal buildings through the reimbursable fees. And with the existing conditions today, we would have to increase them by 200%, which we will not do either.” The goal was to reduce the municipal fees this year by at least 50% after the activation of the projects, the mayor underlined adding “however, this cannot happen. “So with the energy offset we cover it all and we can also give a 15% gift to PPC,” the mayor stressed. The municipality has calculated at the level of the year round incl summer days with sunshine and winter days that all the energy required for lighting and heating is covered by the current that can be produced by the photovoltaic which will end up in the grid. This results in the buildings consuming energy for heating because they also have a heat pump, but not being able to produce from the photovoltaic isntallations because this would be done with energy compensation at the level of the year. “The system, however, does not work because even though the photovoltaic panels have been installed on the roof of each building and the entire installation is ready, DEDDIE does not allow us to pour the produced electricity into the grid on the grounds that the Grid is saturated.” Initially, 19 public buildings were included in the project, among them kindergartens, primary schools, high schools, an indoor gymnasium and the building of the municipality’s technical services. It all started three years ago when the municipality foresaw the coming energy crisis and introduced a non-profit energy community. They installed automation in all buildings to save energy and they monitor the energy costs of each building via computer and a central server. Then why are they putting us through this process since they cannot provide solutions?” the mayor wonders. ![]() ![]() What should I do? They give us incentives to go and do energy projects and eventually we end up with the projects not being functional. An official decision was published on August 12, which would help municipalities and utility energy communities, and again those it helps are private individuals and the very large energy communities that are over 100 megawatts. We have not given a cent to external offices. All projects have been done with studies by our technical service. I cannot accept that we have spent endless hours and gray matter and the issue is not resolved. That’s how I feel and this doesn’t happen once. ![]()
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