Greece
Greece to start shutting down coal power plants
20 September 2019 - A business plan being drafted by the management of majority state-owned Public Power Corporation (PPC)...
Greece working on new energy storage support framework
17 September 2019 - Greece’s energy regulator, RAE, is preparing a new energy storage support framework to foster renewable...
Piraeus Bank joins EUR 650 million EIB green infrastructure investment program
12 September 2019 - Piraeus Bank has agreed to support a new EUR 650 million infrastructure investment program developed...
Greece, Slovenia among five EU countries to introduce new fossil fuel subsidies – report
10 September 2019 - Five EU countries including the UK, Germany, Greece, Poland, and Slovenia are looking to introduce...
METKA EGN signs solar PPA to supply leading Australian retail chain
03 September 2019 - Greek EPC contractor METKA EGN has entered an agreement with Coles, the second-largest supermarket chain...
Greece’s EPC contractor METKA EGN lands solar PV project in Chile
19 August 2019 - Greek EPC contractor METKA EGN has announced that it has recently signed a contract with...
Floating met mast for offshore wind measurements deployed off Makronisos
12 August 2019 - Greece’s Streamlined Naval Architects LTD in co-operation with ETME, ERGOMARE S.A. and Enalios Diving Center...
EUR 1 billion Crete-Attica interconnection draws bids from major cable construction players
07 August 2019 - Major companies in the cable construction sector have filed binding bids for lots of a...
Terna Energy secures refinancing for largest Greek wind farm
05 August 2019 - Alpha Bank, Eurobank Ergasias and National Bank of Greece have provided EUR 117 million in...
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...