Greece's PPC Renewables seeks cooperations to fast-track 2.3 GW solar buildout

• The renewable resource arm of Greek utility Public Power Corporation (PPC) is seeking to increase partnerships with significant solar sector gamers to fast-track its objective of mounting 2.3 GW of PV parks.

PPC Renewables is exploring opportunities to create that capacity as quickly as feasible from projects in the Western Macedonia area to sustain Greece's aspiration of scrapping coal-fired power generation by 2028, according to CEO Konstantinos Mavros.

Talking To PV Tech a week after the Greek government revealed out a EUR5 billion roadmap to balance out the effect of dumping coal, Mavros claimed the company has an interim target of 1.1 - 1.4 GW of mounted solar PV ability by 2024.

PPC has actually currently partnered with Germany's RWE and also Abu Dhabi-based Masdar to investigate the growth of green power projects, but these might be joined by more collaborations. "This is not this is not an unique collaboration video game, it's absolutely inclusive," Mavros claimed.

Alongside the building of ground-mounted PV plants, the firm is likewise considering floating solar, energy storage and offshore wind.

Greece's quick green power drive adheres to last year's publication of the National Plan for Energy and also the Climate (NPEC), which intends to enhance renewables' share in gross electricity usage from the current 29% level to 61% by 2030. Throughout that time, installed PV ability is anticipated to grow from 3GW to 7.7 GW.

The NPEC establishes a deadline of terminating lignite-fired stations that are presently in operation by 2023 and also junking coal plants altogether by 2028.

With sites currently aligned near diminished mines, PPC Renewables is intending to make the most of existing framework in position. "They lie fairly comfortably for the grid connection which is why PPC Renewables is intending to make use of those extremely quickly," Mavros claimed. "The advantage is that we are extremely near the grid link."

Mavros added that the federal government has helped to clear the renewables stockpile by facilitating licensing treatments. The assistance the country reach its NPEC objectives, the existing government is aiming to clear a number of the bureaucratic difficulties designers encounter and unblock a backlog of around 1,800 applications for green energy proposals.

Greece's EUR5 billion strategy is set to be tabled for authorization from the country's parliament and the European Union by the end of the year.

The Hellenic Association of Photovoltaic Companies has actually invited the most up to date developments. Stelios Psomas, a policy consultant for the trade body, claimed: "The total prospective pipe for PV in Greece has currently gotten to 26GW, making PV the power celebrity for the years to come."