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OX2 Acquires 500 MW Wind and Solar Projects in Greece
it has obtained 2 important portfolios of wind and solar growth projects in Greece. The Swedish renewables developer said that the combined capacity of the two
Mar 25, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Greece, Europe, Wind Energy, Paul Stormoen, OX2 AB
Greece and Hungary pledge to phase out coal
Action Summit in New York has produced at least some concrete results, with Greece’s prime minister and the Hungarian president announcing their countries will
Sep 27, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, Greece, Hungary, Trump, Europe, North America, coal, George Stassis, The Green Tank, János Áder, Kyriakos Mitsotakis’, Nikos Mantzaris
Enora and 547 Energy Secure 135 MW Wind Energy Systems in Greece
and 547 Energy have gotten into a partnership and the RAE award in Greece. This would give them a 20-year long PPA for 135 mega wats of wind energy systems in
Dec 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Greece, Europe, 547 Energy, Enora, Wind Energy
Econergy goes into Greece with 460MW PV deal
acquire 49% of the share capital of a Greek company that owns two companies in Greece, which are each in the process of creating solar plants of 240MW and
Apr 25, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Greece, Europe, Econergy, Eyal Podhorzer, TERNA ENERGY
Greece relies on 100% renewables for the very first time ever
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
Oct 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Greece, Europe
Greenvolt sets foot in Greece's DG renewables market
Next Greece will certainly be providing dispersed power generation services with energy sourced from renewables. It will certainly check out the Greek
Mar 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Greece, Europe, Greenvolt
Cero Generation creates JV with Wattcrop to create 750MW of solar in Greece
partners will at first co-develop Greece-based Wattcrop's existing portfolio, which includes more than 480MW early-stage projects in its residence market.
They
Jul 13, 2021 // Plants, Greece, Europe, macquarie, Green Investment Group, joint venture, macquarie green investment group, cero generation, Wattcrop
Mt Athos mini-grid shows Greece the way forward
Athos, in Greece is a peninsula home to a unique center of Eastern Christian Orthodox monasticism.
The peak hosts 20 monasteries – 17 of them Greek
Dec 23, 2019 // Storage, Grids, Policy, Greece, Europe, Mt Athos, mini-grid
EBRD to Support Largest Renewable Energy Project in Greece
the largest renewable energy project in Greece and also the largest solar power project in south-eastern Europe to day, the European Bank for
Oct 8, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Greece, EBRD, Europe, International, Solar Project, Harry Boyd-Carpenter
European Investment Bank Commits EUR 28.5 Mn for 3 Solar Plants for Greece
which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Power Corporation SA, Greece's largest power generation company, has announced that it will certainly
Jan 23, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, european investment bank, PPC Renewables, electric grid, climate action, electricity from renewable sources, environmental sustainability, Kozani project, National Energy and Climate Plan, NECP, Public Power Corporation SA
First floating solar power plant project started in Greece
open actors coal mines as well as thermal nuclear power plant of 3.5 GW in Greece with green power capability. It submitted documentation for 650 MW with the
Dec 23, 2020 // Plants, Floating PV, Greece, floating PV, Europe, PPC Renewables
Greece to expand renewables portfolio with five new solar projects
power to power 10,000 residences.
The projects are located in central Greece and will certainly also minimize ca. 23,000 tons of CO2 from the discharges to
Nov 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, Europe, solar projects, Giles Clark
Greece to mount 3 GW of solar in mining areas
Greece has actually revealed strategies to set up 2 big solar PV parks at extracting websites. The financial investment will certainly originate from the nationwide electrical utility as part of its brand-new method, in accordance with Greece's initiatives to eliminate coal.
The Greek solar market has actually gone back to development using a collection of tenders, as private stars significantly accept PV innovation to decrease prices as well as reach their sustainability criteria. And also a current wave of main statements pertaining to the growth of solar PV projects in the nation's mining areas has actually additionally begun to control headings.
The objective is to set up an enormous 2 GW solar project in Ptolemaida (Kozani), north Greece, as well as one more 1 GW photovoltaic park on the Peloponnese Peninsula, southerly Greece. Building is readied to begin by as very early as following year.
Mega-solar strategies
Greece's atmosphere and also power priest, Kostis Hatzidakis, made an official news last weekend break when fulfilling regional stakeholders in Ptolemaida, in Greece's Macedonia area.
The priest stated Greece's Public Power Corp. (PPC) would certainly relocate "quickly" to mount a 2 GW solar PV plant in the area, which is recognized for lignite mining.
Pay Per Click CEO George Stassis validated that the state-owned utility had actually sent an application to the Greek power regulatory authority, RAE, for a producing permit for 1.5 GW of PV capability in Ptolemaida in December.
Nonetheless, pv magazine has actually discovered that PPC additionally prepares to mount an added 1 GW of solar PV capability in Megalopoli, which additionally has mining websites as well as a coal-fired nuclear power plant.
Simply Transition
The step belongs to Greece's initiatives to terminate coal from its electrical power system by 2028. Hatzidakis informed regional stakeholders in Ptolemaida that the federal government will certainly assist the area change to a brand-new financial version, without counting on the exploitation of nonrenewable fuel sources. The huge 2 GW photovoltaic park is likewise part of the federal government's strategy to develop brand-new work in the area as it shifts to a coal-free future.
The Greek federal government has actually asked for the technological help of the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB), and also the European Bank for Reconstruction and also Development (EBRD) to create a brand-new financial version for the nation's mining areas.
Greece's mining communities will certainly additionally be sustained by the European Union's Just Transition Mechanism, which becomes part of the bloc's Green Deal. It will certainly activate funds to sustain employees as well as people of the areas that will certainly be most impacted by the change to a coal-free future.
The federal government's strategies are motivating, however it is dissuading that to day regional stakeholders (that is, community councils in the mining areas) have actually been not able to prepare any kind of significant propositions. Need to this proceed, the shift to a post-lignite period will certainly need to occur with a top-down technique.
The Greek arm of the World Wide Fund (WWF) has actually generated a docudrama that discovers the EU Just Transition in Greece. The docudrama, that includes English captions, is offered through this web link.
Financial feeling
Aside from the ecological inspiration, Greece's plan choice to eliminate its state-owned lignite fleet likewise makes financial feeling.
The PPC is shedding millions every year by running uneconomic lignite systems and also the firm is running a big shortage. Unless it folds its lignite company, the PPC is established for personal bankruptcy.
The brand-new Greek federal government chosen in July has actually designated George Stassis to change the PPC as well as update its out-of-date company approach.
Part of the PPC's technique U-turn is to buy renewables, either alone of with top worldwide stars. The PPC's benefit is that it has around 6 GW of eco-friendly power ability to certify out and also a few of this ability is anticipated to be accepted in the future.
Nevertheless, at the same time, this has actually begun to come to be much less of a benefit, considered that Greece's federal government introduced in January that it is basically reorganizing its licensing regimen, in order to present an electronic system that accelerates the entire procedure.
The PPC has actually authorized a variety of memoranda of collaboration with worldwide companies to collectively create sustainable power projects in Greece. Today for instance, the PPC authorized a teamwork contract with Portugal's EDP Renewables, intending to co-develop a minimum of 400 MW of eco-friendly power ability in Greece.
The PPC's substantial PV parks in the mining areas will likely be separated right into unique function car companies to be co-financed with global stars.
Kozani project
On the other hand, Greece's power preacher additionally revealed that German developer Juwi is offering 204 MW of ability under growth in Kozani, protected under 3 tender agreements, to Greece's Hellenic Petroleum.
The project is composed of 3 pieces (139.24 MW, 27.68 MW as well as 37.37 MW), with the biggest piece having actually won a toll of EUR0.05446/ kWh, as well as the various other 2 a EUR0.06472/ kWh toll each.
Feb 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Greece, pv power plants, Europe, George Stassis, Kostis Hatzidakis
Greece safeguards EUR341m to support storage projects
growth of open markets for electrical power system solutions, while assisting Greece satisfy its emission reduction targets."
The scheme alerted by Greece
Sep 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Greece, Europe, Margrethe Vestager
Nanotech bags master supply deal for 1 GWh of batteries in Greece
graphene-based batteries. The business clarified that the agreement in Greece will certainly enable it to quickly increase its service in the area as well
Oct 20, 2022 // Storage, Greece, Europe, Nanotech
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