Result description
How repurposing of open pit mines can contribute to the EU Green Deal and improve the economic value, stabilise the regional job market and contribute to the EU energy supply security in regions in transion
The planned phase out of coal in Europe requires innovative technical and economic strategies to support coal regions in transition. The repurposing of open pit mines into HPHS of excess energy from the electric grid, and renewable sources will contribute to the EU Green Deal, increase the economic value, stabilize the regional job market and contribute to the EU energy supply security. This study presents a preliminary phase of a geospatial workflow used to evaluate land suitability by implementing a MCDM technique with an advanced GIS in the context of an interdisciplinary feasibility study on HPHS in the lignite open pit mine in the scope of the ATLANTIS project. The introduced geospatial analysis is based on the utilisation of the constraints and ranking criteria within the boundaries of the abandoned mine regarding specific topographic and proximity criteria. The applied criteria were selected from the literature. For the weights, the experts judgement were introduced by implementing the analytic hierarchy process. Seven regions were recognized as suitable, with a potential energy storage capacity from 1.09 to 5.16 GWh.
- Grants and Subsidies
- Additional EU and national funding required for a timely implementation of HPHS in an open-pit mine at the demonstration scale
- Political and societal support to optimise regional socio-economic benefits of technology implementation
- Public or private funding institutions
- EU and Member State Policy-makers
- International Organisations (ex. OECD, FAO, UN, etc.)
Result submitted to Horizon Results Platform by DIMOSIA EPICHEIRISI ILEKTRISMOU ANONYMI ETAIREIA