Greece relies on 100% renewables for the very first time ever

• Greece's sustainable power plants have produced sufficient electrical energy to provide the nation's entire power demand over a straight five-hour duration on Friday, October 7, new information shows.

According to stats launched by the Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE), the outcome of Greece's sustainable power fleet reached an all-time high of 3,106 MW and exceeded the system's net load capacity between 1100 CET as well as 1600 CET on October 7. The document information was additionally revealed by Nikos Tsafos, the principal energy consultant to the Head of state of Greece.

ADMIE's head of state Manos Manousakis hailed the milestone in a LinkedIn post, mentioning that Greece needs to resolve important concerns to sustain the greater infiltration of renewable energy. According to him, the nation has to handle tasks that have been awarded grid link allows however are still not constructed as well as additionally provide added workforce for the link of new capacity "in a prompt manner."

Greece intends to have 25 GW of renewables in operation by 2030 under its lately upgraded National Energy and Climate Plan. Its previous objective was for a renewable resource fleet amounting to 19 GW.