First auctions for PV and wind in Greece announced in April
While Greece is waiting for ministerial decisions related to a new legal framework concerning renewable energy sources (RES) installations and auction items, there are information suggesting that first auctions are expected in April next year. The first round of auctions, in two separate events – one offering 100 MW for wind energy installations and another […]
Greek HEDNO planning to replace 7.5 million meters, first tender in 2018
The Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO) is planning to replace 7.5 million outdated electricity meters with smart meters which would allow remote monitoring of power consumption, CEO Nikos Chatziargyriou said during an interview at European utility week. He said the replacement process would begin in 2018 following a tender. The project which HEDNO (locally acronym DEDDIE) is […]
Pilot-project to bring renewable heating to Greek island Agios Efstratios
Greek Center for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES) is going to enable Agios Efstratios, also known as Ai Stratis, a small Greek island on the edge of the Aegean Sea, to have its own heating system based on renewable energy sources The Ai-Stratis–Green Island project aims for at least 85 percent of the island’s energy consumption […]
Greece installs first solar plants under new support scheme for renewables
Greece has installed 8.6 MW of new large-scale solar PV plants under its new policy framework for the support of renewable energy sources. The first large-scale solar PV installations in the country since 2015 were installed by Hellenic Petroleum Renewable Energy Sources. The newly added capacity comprises two PV plants of 1 MW and 4 […]
China invests in Greek wind parks, IAE support investments in renewables
China’s Shenhua Group has bought 75% stake in Copelouzos’s four wind farms. The transaction is the first investment of the Chinese company in wind parks in Greece and comes on a day when the IEA’s review found that current policies will not be adequate to guide the energy sector towards the long-term energy transition and […]
First Greek “smart” battery for households in February 2018
An attractively designed working model of the first Greek-designed lithium ion “smart” battery for households will be ready for domestic consumers in February, 2018, Vasilis Nikolopoulos, the co-founder and CEO of Greek firm Intelen Inc has told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) radio station ‘Praktorio 104.9 FM’. Greek media report that in his interview to […]
Work on Israel-Cyprus-Greece 1520 km electricity link to start in 2018
Work on an electric cable linking the power grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece is to start in the first quarter of 2018 and is expected to last until 2022. Israeli regulators are expected to give their approval next month, announced Nasos Ktorides, head of the EuroAsia Interconnector project. Greek and Cypriot regulators’ expected approval […]
Vacancy: Communication Officer for Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med)
The Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med) is seeking to hire a Communications Officer that will undertake related activities in the framework of the work programme of the Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med) in Southeastern Europe, and the Thematic areas of (i) Transboundary Water Resources Management; (ii) Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus. Duty Station: Athens, Greece OR […]
