Twelve Years Energy Production Assessment of Greek State Wind Parks

Abstract

In 1982, the Greek State started an ambitious wind energy exploitation program for that period, via the State owned Public Power Corporation. Now this 20 year effort faces serious obstacles and drawbacks, with an installed wind power capacity of only 37 MW. This paper analyses the life-long energy production of State owned wind power installations, with respect to the available wind speed data. A significant result is the erratic time-variation of the wind power production, not justified by the corresponding wind speed changes. In addition, the technical availability of most State wind parks has been rather low, despite significant improvement during the last five years. The overall conclusions have importance within the new liberalized European electricity market.