Two Greek municipalities launch pumped storage hydropower projects
21 April 2022 - The local authorities in Kozani and Voio plan to build and operate matching small pumped storage hydropower plants
Greece to double energy storage target for 2030 to 3 GW
21 April 2022 - The new Greek energy and climate national plan will upgrade the 2030 goal for energy storage from 1.5 GW to 3 GW
Amari hybrid power plant in Crete becomes Greece’s strategic investment project
18 April 2022 - Greece awarded a strategic investment status to Terna Energy's project to combine wind power and pumped storage hydropower in Amari in Crete
Environmentalists oppose Greece’s plan to accelerate fossil gas exploration, extraction
14 April 2022 - Greece is speeding up exploration activities with the aim to exploit potential oil and gas reserves and build infrastructure
Hellenic Petroleum inaugurates Europe’s biggest solar park with two-sided panels
06 April 2022 - Oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum put the largest solar park in Greece into operation while PM Mitsotakis said coal output must jump 50%
Bulgaria and Greece intensify cooperation in the energy sector
25 March 2022 - Bulgarian-Greek cooperation continues with the completion of the IGB gas pipeline for Azerbaijani gas and LNG from the terminal in Alexandroupolis
Applications rise for new renewable energy projects in Greece during February with 3.2 GW
16 March 2022 - Applications for new renewable projects licenses in Greece rose once again in February, after a drop in October.
Hellenic Petroleum completes biggest solar power plant in Greece, acquires 303 MW PV portfolio in Florina
28 February 2022 - Greek refiner ELPE concluded the construction of the largest PV plant in Greece, a 204 MW project in Kozani
Wholesale electricity prices in Greece would be 36 percent higher without renewables
14 February 2022 - Aristotle University has analyzed the prices of the day-ahead market in order to see the impact of the wind and solar
First floating PV plant to be built in Greece by Terna – global market to reach 4.8 GW by 2026
19 January 2022 - Floating PV technology is making its first steps in the Balkan region, with companies in Greece, Albania, Romania and Montenegro investing
Greece’s IPTO plans new power interconnections in Balkans
12 January 2022 - Greece's transmission system operator IPTO plans new power interconnections in the Balkans to improve flows and security of supply
Greek wind, PV projects of over 10 MW with storage to take part in joint auctions
04 January 2022 - A new ministerial decree specifies the categories of renewable energy projects that will take place in individual or joint auctions