CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
The Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES) combines the Greek Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (RES), Rational Use of Energy (RUE) and Energy Saving (ES). CRES has been appointed as the national co-ordination centre in its areas of activity by Law 2244/94 and Law 2702/99. Founded in September 1987, CRES is a public entity, supervised by the Ministry of Development, General Secretariat of Research and Technology; CRES has financial and administrative independence.
With its dynamic presence in Greece and on the international level, CRES excels with innovative research results and a large number of contracts for the Greek Government, the European Commission and Governments of non-European countries, concerning the planning, evaluation and realisation of energy investment projects. CRES is located on its wholly owned premises, which, apart from the offices, also include experimental outdoor installations, a wind energy park, and specialised laboratories. CRES is highly experienced in the disperse generation in isolated micro-grids. CRES has a scientific staff of more than 110 highly qualified engineers and other scientists (most of them holding Ph.D. degrees) and its total personnel numbers 155 people.
Within the MIRABEL project, CRES' main interest is focused on disperse generation issues, as a result of its active advisory role in the Ministry of Development regarding the most efficient and optimal way for the integration of RES technologies in electricity grids.
CRES' Contributions
The main contribution from CRES thus lies in the provision and management of our trial site at Kythnos Island in Greece. CRES organises and maintains facilities, integrates the MIRABEL solutions at the site, analyses the trial data, and provides the other consortium partners with reports on necessary improvements of the MIRABEL concepts.
Key personnel
CRES' team is led by Dr. D. Papastefanakis, the Director of the Division of Development Programmes, and he is joined by Dr. Konstantinos Anagnostopoulos, Christos Nychtis and Dr. Stathis Tselepis - all of them have comprehensive experience in applications and systems related to energy policies, energy systems, Kyoto Protocol mechanisms, and energy efficiency management.