This EU-funded project aims to transform Crete into a decentralized and sustainable energy system by 2028. Through a combination of renewable energy sources, CRETE VALLEY will demonstrate, under real-life conditions, the sustainable and cost-effective production and storage of renewable energy to cover the island’s annual energy needs.
The project seamlessly integrates innovative ICT technologies, open digital solutions, social innovation processes and sound business models. A key feature of CRETE VALLEY is its emphasis on local stakeholder participation: the project believes that local communities should be actively involved in energy transition projects as a way to achieve both energy independence and energy democracy.
In the CRETE VALLEY project, local annual energy needs are met, using multiple renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geo-exchange, biomass, biogas/biomethane and hydrogen. The REV-Lab integrates four community energy laboratories (CELs) located at different sites in Crete. Each CEL will rely on different renewable energy sources, depending on specific geographical and climatic conditions. The communities benefiting from renewable energy production and storage include about 150 residential, commercial and industrial facilities and 175 households.
ENDEF is participating in Energy Community 3- Arkalochori, integrating the development of new models of hybrid solar water panels based on more advanced photovoltaic technologies (n-type, TOPCon, Black Surface Field, IBC, SHJ Heterojunctions, etc) than those currently used by water hybrids on the market. These hybrid panels will be integrated into a CEL-3 pool.
CRETE VALLEY is led by the Institute of Communications and Computer Systems of the National Technical University of Athens (ICCS) and brings together 41 partners from all over Europe:
60 months – 41 partners – 4 Local Energy Communities:
CEL 1: Geothermal + PV
CEL 2: Biogas + CHP + wind
CEL 3: Biomass + wind + PVT
CEL 4: H
Financial Framework: European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme
Start Date: 1 December 2023
End Date: 1 November 2028
Contract number: GAP101136139
This publication is part of the Crete Valley R&D&I project, funded by Horizon Europe.
Project GAP101136139 funded by:
