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Renewables in Greece get shortcut to grid connection with PPAs
23 April 2024 - Renewables projects in Greece with PPAs with energy-intensive industrial consumers get priority in the transmission grid connection queue
Day of reckoning coming for Greek renewables market – demand unable to keep up with production
08 March 2024 - Worrying signs have appeared in the vibrant Greek renewables market, threatening its future growth, according to local bodies
Manousakis: We need European power interconnection network
25 January 2024 - Power transmission corridors must take center stage in the public debate in Europe, IPTO's chief Manos Manousakis said, highlighting offshore wind plans
Greece breaks records in renewables, energy efficiency in 2023
24 January 2024 - Renewables including large hydropower plants covered more than half of demand in Greece for the first time last year, alongside other records
Greece, Bulgaria, Romania join forces in offshore wind, green hydrogen
19 January 2024 - Greece, Bulgaria and Romania signed a declaration of intent to develop offshore wind energy projects
Renewables licencing queue reaches bubble proportions in Greece
08 January 2024 - Greece's renewables goal of 23.5 GW by 2030, which would make it a regional energy hub, has led to a dramatic increase in applications
Installation of Crete-Cyprus cable starts as part of Great Sea Interconnector
25 December 2023 - Greece's IPTO said construction works are beginning for the first leg of the Great Sea Interconnector, to link Crete and Cyprus
Greece’s IPTO seeks shares in TSOs of North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro
14 December 2023 - The Greek Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) aims to expand its presence in the Balkans and entire Southeastern Europe
Greece, Italy to speed up second submarine electricity interconnection project
23 November 2023 - Greece and Italy are planning to triple their power interconnection capacity by 2031 by building a 1 GW undersea line.
Greek consortium must accept conditions for Čebren project in North Macedonia to get contract
07 November 2023 - PPC and Archirodon, the consortium selected for the Čebren pumped storage hydropower project, hasn't yet accepted all the conditions, Minister Bekteshi said
North Macedonia’s MEPSO denies rumors of share sale to IPTO
26 October 2023 - MEPSO says it plans no transaction with IPTO. Nevertheless, Greek energy majors are on an acquisition spree in the Western Balkans.
Italy’s TSO Terna advances project for another subsea power interconnection with Greece
20 October 2023 - Italy and Greece are set to expand their electricity interconnection capacity to 1.5 GW by laying two cables of 1 GW in total on the seabed
Greece, Saudi Arabia launch power interconnection joint venture
28 September 2023 - Greece's transmission system operator IPTO is working on projects for interconnections from Germany and Poland to Saudi Arabia
Second Greece-Bulgaria power interconnection becomes operational
03 July 2023 - Power interconnectivity has just made another important step with the completion of the second interconnection between Greece and Bulgaria
Greece’s IPTO enters EuroAsia Interconnector project with 25% share
30 June 2023 - The Independent Electricity Transmission Operator of Greece will participate in the share capital of EuroAsia Interconnector with 25%
Greece’s renewables share hits new monthly high of 54% in May
12 June 2023 - The share of renewable energy sources in the Greek electricity production mix reached a new monthly record in May, of 54%.