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An Approach on the Renewable Energy Sources

Operations Research Forum volume 3, Article number: 26 (2022) Cite this article

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The energy upgrade of buildings and the green transition is one of the largest projects currently being implemented in Greece. At the same time, the development of island interconnections is essentially the passage for the transition of renewable energy to the Greek mainland or vice versa, the creation of storage units, the treatment of poverty in energy, the undergrounding of networks, etc. The strategy of the present research concerns the design of a questionnaire according to the latest developments in the field of energy upgrading in Greece for both the mainland and the island part of the Region of Thessaly. At the same time, the questionnaires emphasize renewable forms of energy as they are characterized by Directive 2009/28/EC (wind, solar, aerothermal, geothermal, hydrothermal and ocean energy, hydroelectric, biomass, photovoltaic, etc.). Based on the present research and its results, it is proposed to conduct a broader research by all scientific bodies involved in energy management, so that the new emerged data could be a start for a comparative study in all the Regional Departments of the Country.

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  1. University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece

    Philotheos Lokkas

  2. Department of Agriculture - Agrotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

    Nikolaos Alamanis

  3. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece

    Nikolaos Xafoulis

  4. Department of Forestry, Wood Sciences & Design, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece

    Grigorios Papageorgiou & Evangelos Paschalis

  5. Technological Civil and Mechanical Engineer, M.Sc, Larissa, Greece

    Dimos Zachos

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Lokkas, P., Alamanis, N., Xafoulis, N. et al. An Approach on the Renewable Energy Sources. Oper. Res. Forum 3, 26 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43069-022-00138-8

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Keywords

  • Energy
  • Aerothermal
  • Biomass
  • Geothermal
  • Hydroelectric
  • Hydrothermal
  • Ocean
  • Photovoltaic

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