Journalist
Harry Aposporis
Greek photovoltaic association urges government to halt licensing
10 September 2024 - The Hellenic Association of Photovoltaic Energy Producers – SPEF is critical of the revised National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP)
Greek transmission operator to introduce measures for fair curtailments
10 September 2024 - The Greek renewable energy market faces growing curtailments until 2030 even if the storage goals from the NECP are met
New bill of law to support 2 GW of battery storage in Greece
02 September 2024 - The Greek government is preparing a plan to continue supportting battery storage investments
Greece to change its power market model to reduce prices
19 August 2024 - The Greek government intends to facilitate a decrease in wholesale power prices with a new market model
Greece pushes its coal exit target date forward to 2026
30 July 2024 - Greece's Public Power Corporation (PPC) has introduced a new schedule for the phaseout of its lignite-fired power plants
Greece needs 7 GW of energy storage by 2030 to avoid high curtailments
27 July 2024 - Up to 20% of renewables capacity is expected to face curtailments by 2030 in Greece if no new investments are made in energy storage
Greece lowers 2030 renewable penetration goal in its final NECP
19 July 2024 - Greece's final National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) is expected to be submitted to the European Commission in the following days or weeks
Renewable energy spatial plan delayed again in Greece
19 July 2024 - It has now been ten years since the European Commission first asked Greece to modernize its renewable energy spatial plan
Greek consumers must return subsidies that covered renewable energy surcharge
16 July 2024 - Greek commercial consumers, mostly in the agricultural sector, must pay large sums to the state as they were ordered to return subsidies
Heat pumps, electric cars expected to contribute little to power demand growth in Greece
10 July 2024 - Contrary to earlier estimates, heat pumps and electric cars are not expected to significantly raise electricity demand in Greece.
Small Greek investors in renewables face cancellations of projects on distribution level
09 July 2024 - HEDNO stopped accepting applications for renewables in 2022 as the distribution network's couldn't integrate any more capacity
First guarantees of origin auction in Greece attracts 14 participants
26 June 2024 - The first guarantees of origin (GO) auction took place today in Greece with the participation of 14 companies
European, Balkan utilities turn to data centers to stimulate power demand
17 June 2024 - Power companies in Europe and the Balkans aim to help boost electricity demand by investing in data centers
Lignite power plants are pushed out of market in Balkans
30 May 2024 - PPC's brand new Ptolemaida 5 lignite plant was effectively pushed out of the market in May as uncompetitive
Greek renewables breach record, leading to historic emissions low
29 May 2024 - Renewables surpassed fossil fuels in Greece's power production for the first time, reducing emissions to the lowest level so far
Eurelectric: Europe requires EUR 67 billion per year for power distribution upgrades
23 May 2024 - Strengthening apower distribution grids across Europe between 2025 and 2050 will require EUR 67 billion per year, Eurelectric calculated