Greece
Principia builds CfD-backed battery storage facility in Greece
15 October 2025 - Principia built its first BESS in just six months. The Themelio facility in Chalkidiki in northern Greece has 49 MW in operating power.
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
Karatzis, Metlen to install Greece’s largest battery in joint venture
09 October 2025 - Metlen and Karatzis Group of Companies are establishing a joint venture for a standalone BESS of 330 MW and 790 MWh
Corinth Pipeworks commissions Greece’s biggest industrial rooftop PV system
30 September 2025 - Steel pipe manufacturer Corinth Pipeworks has put into operation a 7.1 MW photovoltaic facility on its factory northwest of Athens
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....
Agios Efstratios becomes Greece’s first energy-autonomous island
22 August 2025 - A hybrid energy project transforming Agios Efstratios into the first energy-autonomous island in Greece is in trial operation