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Greece is producing more renewable electricity than ever, but the country is increasingly struggling to extract its full economic value. Solar generation is pushing wholesale prices towards…
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Greece’s grid operator has a number for how much renewable capacity it can wire up by 2035. What it hasn’t settled — and what Athens seems in…
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Greece’s transmission network is about to take on more renewable capacity than it has absorbed in the country’s entire history to date, and the state operator responsible…
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A ministry ranking list due in October reads like paperwork. What it’s actually deciding is which sliver of a wildly oversubscribed queue gets to exist. Greece’s Ministry…
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Greece’s grid operator frames its meter rollout as a customer-service upgrade. The numbers underneath it tell a story about solar and EVs outrunning the grid’s ability to…
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A new industrial zoning law signed in Athens looks like routine planning bureaucracy — until you notice it’s the third of three, all finished inside the same…
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Metlen Energy (the Greek energy group formerly known as Mytilineos) has signed a Balance-of-Plant contract with developer Pulse Clean Energy covering grid connection and construction work on…
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Motor Oil Hellas’s green hydrogen unit at its Agioi Theodoroi refinery in Corinthia is entering commissioning, with construction largely complete as of late August 2026 and testing…
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Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. How a €4.2 billion subsea interconnector aims to turn the Eastern Mediterranean into a major renewable energy corridor History has a habit of finding…
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a €175 million loan to Public Power Corporation (PPC) to support renewable energy projects across Bulgaria, Greece and Romania. This financing…
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Greece has unveiled a comprehensive new Special Spatial Planning Framework for Renewable Energy Sources (RES), introducing significantly stricter land-use rules for solar and wind developments while aiming…
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Greece’s electricity system is accelerating towards a flexible, renewables-centric architecture. At the centre of this transition stand energy aggregators – market participants responsible for representing renewable-energy plants,…
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Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been appointed as marine warranty survey (MWS) services provider to support Hellenic Cables’s installation of the upgraded interconnectors that will improve…
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October 2025 was a dynamic month for Greece’s energy transition, marked by a wave of announcements and milestones across solar, wind, hydrogen, energy storage and grid development.…
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METLEN announces the signing of a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with ENGIE, a leading energy transition utility. Under the PPA, METLEN will supply solar generated power from six sites…
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Greece has long been synonymous with shipping. Greek shipowners control the largest merchant fleet in the world, with around 5,700 vessels — representing 20% of global tonnage…
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Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC), Greece’s largest electricity supplier, has recently issued a €775 million green bond under the “5NC2 Green SUN” structure, marking a significant step…
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Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in Greece are transitioning from early-stage pilots to critical infrastructure, driven by a rapidly maturing regulatory framework and increasing investor appetite. Multiple…
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Principia has announced the completion of its first Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) unit — commercially named “Themelio” — in the Vouno area of Chalkidiki, near Polygyros. As one…
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Apple is significantly expanding its clean energy projects across Europe with new large-scale solar and wind farms now in development in Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, and Romania.…
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In 2025, Greece has accelerated its plans for utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), signalling a shift in policy, financing, and market expectations. However, while the scale…
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METLEN and Karatzis Group of Companies are entering into a new strategic partnership, through a joint venture with ownership stakes of 49% and 51% respectively, for the…
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Weekly round-up of the latest developments in Greece’s energy sector, based on research by The Voice of Renewables. From policy updates and major investments to the challenges facing industry…
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing €50 million in a senior unsecured bond issued by GEK TERNA S.A., holding company of GEK TERNA…
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Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings, has been awarded a contract by Seaway7 for the supply of approximately 165km of 66kV submarine inter-array cables and…
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Greece has entered 2025 with a renewable energy sector that is simultaneously thriving and troubled. Installed capacity has climbed to record levels, with solar photovoltaics and wind…
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The Voice of Renewables has been following the development of hydrogen space in Greece since the launch of National Hydrogen Strategy launched in the early 2020s. Back…
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Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings, was awarded a turnkey contract by the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) for the design, supply, and installation of…
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The Vertical Gas Corridor is a regional energy infrastructure initiative in Southeast / Central Europe, aiming to connect natural gas supply and transmission routes north‑south (and potentially reverse) through Greece,…
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Greece is transforming from a renewable energy-rich nation into a strategic hydrogen hub, positioning itself at the crossroads of European and Middle Eastern energy exchange. Pilot infrastructure…
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Powering Ahead:Greece’s Evolving CfD and PPA Marketand the Corporate Energy Transition Greece’s energy transition is accelerating – with a powerful combination of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) and Power Purchase Agreements…
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