Legislation framework for RES and desalination in Greece

Abstract

The paper presents part of the work that has been elaborated within the project entitled “Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) through Desalination”, PRODES, IEE/07/781/ SI2.499059, Intelligent Energy EU Programme. Part of the project work is dedicated to the analysis of the energy and water framework in four target countries, that is, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. The present paper is focused on the current situation of the energy and water in Greece as well as on the legislation and administrative framework for RES and Water Desalination. Energy tariffs and water costs from conventional or alternative resources are also presented. The output of this work includes recommendations for policy makers, suggestions on the improvement and acceleration of the procedures, and further progress of RE-Desalination in Greece.

Keywords:

• Renewable energy technologies
• Legislation framework
• Administrative procedures
• Desalination
• Feed-in tariff
• Water cost