Journalist
Harry Aposporis
Greece’s energy transition at risk amid gridlock with batteries, new tech
13 October 2025 - An overreliance on photovoltaics, combined with slow growth in new technologies and storage, threatens Greece's renewable energy future
Greek offshore wind farm program at standstill for more than one year
11 October 2025 - More than three years after the first offshore wind law, Greece made little progress toward achieving the national goal
Greek regulator steps in to prevent energy communities misuse
10 October 2025 - Legitimate energy communities have suffered in Greece, as private investors have been taking advantage of the status
Electricity exchange kicks off in Cyprus with 17 participants
01 October 2025 - The power market liberalization in Cyprus took effect as trading began at the new electricity exchange's day-ahead, forward and balancing markets
Greece mulls subsidizing green energy as loan to energy-intensive industry
26 September 2025 - The Greek government intends to support energy-intensive industries through a new mechanism involving renewable energy
Renewables account turns red in Greece amid more low and negative power prices
23 September 2025 - Conditions in the Greek market have worsened for renewable energy producers, as a result of low and negative electricity prices
Race against time to secure EU funding for waste-to-energy plants in Greece
18 September 2025 - Hostile public reactions and opposition by municipal authorities threaten to derail Greece's efforts to build six waste-to-energy plants
Nine times more licenses in Greece than grid capacity
15 September 2025 - Licensed renewable energy projects in Greece currently stand at about 90 GW. New submissions have been falling sharply.
Greece loses EU grant intended for renewable electricity for vulnerable consumers
11 September 2025 - The ambitious Apollo program is losing a EUR 100 million EU grant for renewables and storage, intended to lower energy costs for vulnerable consumers
Uncertain future of Greece-Cyprus Great Sea Interconnector project
09 September 2025 - Greece and Cyprus find themselves at odds when it comes to Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), their big project for a subsea electricity cable
Wind installations in Greece remain low this year as new applications drop
05 September 2025 - WindEurope expects Greece to add 300 MW of wind capacity in 2025, after installing 152 MW during the first half of the year.
Smart meters, wildfires, rising demand push Greek distribution grid investment plan to EUR 4.8 billion
27 August 2025 - Greece has been experiencing extreme weather events, such as wildfires and floods, which have threatened its power distribution grid.
Greece raises fines for power theft
25 August 2025 - Power theft has become a major issue for the Greek electricity market in recent years....
Investors in standalone batteries in Greece request extension as deadline looms
22 August 2025 - September 30 marks a crucial deadline for standalone battery projects selected through Greece's first two auctions
Greek coal region of Megalopolis opens new chapter after lignite
08 August 2025 - Megalopolis, in the Peloponnese peninsula, is one of Greece's two coal regions, along with Western Macedonia
PPC launches first tender for pumped storage hydropower plant in former lignite mine
06 August 2025 - Public Power Corporation (PPC or DEI) is moving forward with a pumped storage hydroelectric project at its former open pit lignite mine in northern Greece