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PPC Renewables invites bids for building Greece’s biggest solar power plant
11 August 2022 - With an installed capacity of 550 MW, the future solar plant will be the biggest in Greece and one the largest in Europe
PPC Renewables, Cantreva preparing 1.3 GW in joint solar power projects in Greece
23 June 2022 - PPC has a joint venture with the Cantreva Group that has producer certificates for more than 2.5 GW in photovoltaic projects in Greece
Greece to tax power producers’ windfall profits
16 May 2022 - The European Commission has backed taxing windfall profits to mitigate high energy prices causes by the energy crisis
PPC, RWE’s joint venture launching tender for 191 MW solar park in Greece
06 May 2022 - Meton Energeiaki is seeking a contractor for its 191 MW solar park project in the vicinity of a former coal plant in northern Greece
Greece revives long-neglected Mesochora hydropower project
23 December 2021 - The construction of hydropower plant Mesochora was halted two decades ago, mostly due to environmental concerns
PPC raises EUR 1.35 billion, plans RES expansion in Balkans and waste-to-energy projects
08 November 2021 - PPC is looking to accelerate its investments in renewable energy and waste-to-energy projects in the following years after a successful EUR 1.35 billion capital raise.
RWE Renewables inks 2 GW solar deal with Greece’s PPC Renewables
08 October 2021 - RWE and PPC agreed their renewables subsidiaries would build large-scale solar projects with a total capacity of up to 2 GW in Greece
Greece targets 1.5 GW in offshore wind by 2030 – who is in race?
30 September 2021 - Greece aims add 1.5 GW in offshore wind farms by the end of the decade. Several international and domestic companies are already preparing projects.
PPC’s capital offering to lower Greece’s ownership to minority stake
28 September 2021 - Greek state-controlled power utility PPC intends to increase its share capital by at least EUR 750 million, but the government won't participate
PPC Renewables preparing 500 MW solar power project to replace coal
14 September 2021 - PPC Renewables CEO Konstantinos Mavros said a single 500 MW solar power project, one of the largest in Europe, would be announced within six months
Greece’s biggest power consumer AoG to switch entirely to green energy from 2030
23 July 2021 - Aluminum of Greece (AoG), the country’s biggest electricity consumer, plans to switch entirely to green energy from 2030, as it signs its last electricity supply deal with Public Power Corporation.
People in lignite areas in Greece will be able to buy bonds for solar projects
04 June 2021 - PPC intends to offer residents of the two coal-reliant regions in Greece to invest in its energy transition projects, reportedly with yields of up to 7% per year
PPC Renewables picks Terna to build 50 MW solar park in Megalopolis
27 May 2021 - PPC Renewables awarded the contract for a solar system in the Peloponnese to Terna. The firm is progressing in vast solar power and storage projects
Terna to start building 730 MW pumped storage hydropower plant in October
04 May 2021 - Terna Energy is preparing to begin the construction of a pumped storage hydropower system in western Greece worth EUR 500 million
Greece pushes coal phaseout deadline to 2025 from 2028
29 April 2021 - Coal-fired thermal power plant Ptolemaida 5, the last of its kind in Greece, is set to be converted to gas in 2025, three years earlier than planned
Greece officially writes off four coal-fired thermal power units
08 April 2021 - The plans for a coal phaseout in Greece seem to be accelerating as the only thermal power plant project may be switched to gas earlier.