(cest2017_01016) Wave Energy Exploitation in the North Aegean Sea: Spatial Planning of Potential Wave Power Stations

摘要

During the last decades there has been an increasing interest in renewable energy sources applications especially for covering the electricity needs of non-interconnected islands. Among the emerging renewables, wave energy has the potential to make significant contribution towards a sustainable future.Greece is located in the eastern Mediterranean region while hundred of Greek islands are located inside the Aegean Archipelago. Taking into consideration the vast energy potential available in sea as well as the fact that coastal areas can much benefit from the implementation of such energy solutions, the current study emphasizes on sea sites close to non-interconnected to the mainland grid islands, which are depended on fossil fuels and more precisely on oil imports.This research describes a geo-spatial Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis, based on the Geographic Information Systems technology, for the identification of the candidate locations to deploy a potential Wave Energy Farm in the North Aegean Sea, an area offshore the Greek mainland East coast. For this purpose, several factors are taken into account;;restrictions such as protected areas, military exercise areas etc. and weighted factors such as distance to power grid, wave height etc.