Greek energy companies interested in renewable energy projects

The Serbia-Greece business forum, held yesterday in Belgrade, gathered  59 Greek and about a hundred Serbian companies. During the bilateral meetings session Greek energy companies took active part and expressed great interest in the renewable energy sources sector. PPC Renewables, one of Greece’s biggest power producers from renewable energy, is interested in establishing joint ventures with Serbian companies. This […]

Renewables February 1, 2017

Greek PPC to install pioneering energy storage system

Greek Public Power Cooperation (PPC) will install a pioneering battery system for renewable energy storage at its production facility on the Dodecanese island of Karpathos. The biggest power producer and electricity supply company in Greece has decided, according to the Greek energy news portal Energypress, to install a lithium-ion battery system for energy storage as […]

Renewables January 5, 2017

Evia wind farm investors given extension to pay for cable connection

Investors in the wind energy parks on Evia island are given two-month extension to start paying for the cost of underwater cable connection linking Polypotamos in Evia with the outskirts of the Greek capital Athens. The group of investors holding licenses for the construction of the wind farms in the southern part of Evia, were expected to start […]

Renewables December 22, 2016

Terna eyes value of Admie’s submarine cable project

Terna Group, one of three investors interested in acquiring a stake in Independent Power Transmission Operator SA (IPTO or Admie), is focusing on the undersea interconnection planned to link Crete with the Greek mainland, Energy Press portal reported. National utility Public Power Corporation SA (PPC) is offering a share of 24% in its subsidiary, with […]

Electricity September 11, 2016

Workshop on Albania’s hydroelectric potential held in Tirana

Under the auspices of the Albanian Ministry of Energy and Industry and the Embassy of Greece in Tirana, the Institute of Energy for South East Europe (IENE) organized a workshop event on Albania’s hydroelectric sector in cooperation with domestic counterparts on June 3. The event examined the role of the country’s hydroelectric potential in terms […]

PPC eligible for compensation from Admie’s split

The agreement for Independent Power Transmission Operator (Admie SA) clearly states the need for the Public Power Corporation SA (PPC) to be compensated, according to the environment and energy minister Panos Skourletis, who gave an interview to newspaper Agora, Greek Reporter said. “We have agreed for an independent appraiser to determine the exact amount of […]

Electricity December 21, 2015

PPC Renewables granted permit for biomass facility

A wholly-owned green energy subsidiary of Public Power Corporation, the main power utility, has been granted a permit to develop a 25 MW biomass power plant in the Kozani area, northern Greece, by the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE), Energy Press reported. PPC Renewables’ facility is planned to run on fuel provided by agricultural crops […]

Renewables October 29, 2015