Greece
Enel CEO in Romania proposed for PPC’s new chief
31 July 2019 - Georgios Stassis, who currently serves as CEO and country manager for Italian energy company Enel...
PPC restructuring: HEDNO to be part-privatized, NOME auctions to be scrapped
23 July 2019 - Greece intends to sell a minority stake in the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO),...
Greece hits 3 GW wind energy milestone
17 July 2019 - Greece’s cumulative wind energy capacity has exceeded 3 GW, according to the latest data from...
Greek power company PPC CEO steps down
12 July 2019 - Greece’s majority state-owned Public Power Corporation (PPC) Chairman and CEO Manolis Panagiotakis has tendered his...
Greece’s new energy minister, Kostis Hatzidakis, announces rescue plan for PPC
09 July 2019 - Not 24 hours after the polls closed in Greece, the new prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis,...
Elsewedy agrees to buy 4 wind farms, 1 SHPP in Greece
28 June 2019 - Egypt’s Elsewedy Electric, an integrated energy and infrastructure solution provider, has announced entering into a...
PPC secures EUR 160 million for distribution network upgrade, expansion
26 June 2019 - Greece’s Public Power Corporation (PPC) has secured a EUR 160 million loan, backed by a...
Greece launching new renewables, sustainable infrastructure investment scheme
19 June 2019 - Fresh investment in renewables, energy efficiency, and urban development projects across Greece will be supported...
METKA EGN acquires 260 MW solar PV project in Australia
18 June 2019 - Greek EPC contractor METKA EGN has announced the acquisition of a 260 MW solar photovoltaic...
PPC inaugurates hybrid wind-hydro system on island of Ikaria
11 June 2019 - Greek power utility Public Power Corporation (PPC) has launched Europe’s second hybrid renewable energy park,...
Schneider Electric eyeing Greece’s EUR 1.5 billion smart meter project
04 June 2019 - Schneider Electric has contacted the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO) to express interest in...
Framework agreement signed for 2,000 MW EuroAfrica Interconnector between Egypt, Cyprus, Greece
31 May 2019 - The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company and Nicosia-based EuroAfrica Interconnector Limited have signed a framework agreement...
Juwi readies to start building 204 MW Kozani solar park
27 May 2019 - Juwi Hellas, the Greek subsidiary of Germany’s Juwi, plans to start building a 204 MW...
Greece secures EUR 178 million for first power link between Crete and mainland
15 May 2019 - Greece has secured a EUR 178 million long-term loan to finance the construction of the...
PPC Renewables to acquire 45% stake in Volterra’s 4 wind farms in Greece
26 April 2019 - Greece’s PPC Renewables, a subsidiary of the country’s majority state-owned power utility, Public Power Corporation...
Norway’s Equinor looking into offshore wind in Greece
12 April 2019 - Norway’s oil and wind energy company Equinor is in an early stage of identifying opportunities...