Towards an inventory of the archimedean small hydropower potential of Greece.

The present paper describes the evaluation of the Greek Archimedean Small Hydro Resources, considering the basic data for the 14 water regions of the country, adopting a holistic assessment methodology of the total theoretical hydro potential of Greece, which could be exploited by using Archimedean Screw Turbines (ASTs). The total evaluation of the theoretical Archimedean hydropower potential of Greece, which may be produced with ASTs, is of the order of several TWh / year, with a theoretical installed capacity of screw turbines in the range of thousands MW, with important values of special capacity and special capacity density, demonstrating the major existing unexploited hydropower potential for a future true sustainable development with small hydro plants in Greece based on environmentally friendly screw turbines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]