Int. J. Global Energy Issues, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2005 43 The Dodecanese energy system Christopher Koroneos*, George Roumbas and Nicolas Moussiopoulos Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, PO Box 483, Thessaloniki, GR-54006, Greece Fax: +302310996012 E-mail:
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[email protected] *Corresponding author Abstract: The economic growth of the Dodecanese islands in Greece has been based solely on tourism and the electricity production is very critical in sustaining this economic growth. The electricity production is solely done with the use of diesel and heavy fuel oil. Even though there have been some efforts in introducing renewable energy of various forms, the results remain dismal. Due to this situation, it becomes necessary that the growth of energy demand must be given primary consideration. In the present work the energy system of Dodecanese islands is divided in the seven economic sectors in order to be evaluated. Keywords: electricity production; demand projection; Greece; Dodecanese. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Koroneos, C., Roumbas, G. and Moussiopoulos, N. (2005) ‘The Dodecanese energy system’, Int. J. Global Energy Issues, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp.43–70. Biographical notes: Christopher Koroneos is an Associate Professor at the Department of Management of Energy Resources at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and special Scientist at the Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. He was previously teaching at Columbia University in New York, where he also received his BS, MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering.