Featured in Beyond solar – 08-2023

Greek grid lags the solar boom

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who secured a parliamentary majority in June, must prioritize the implementation of the energy storage tenders that the government promised back in 2021.

By

Ilias Tsagas

25 Jul 2023

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis secured a parliamentary majority at the second attempt following snap elections in May and June. As far as energy policy is concerned, his biggest challenge now will come from the country’s overworked grid. | Photo: European Union CC by 4.0

Greece’s renewable energy generation operator, which is abbreviated from the Greek to DAPEEP, estimates that the nation installed 1.2 GW of solar last year. But the Hellenic Association of Photovoltaic Companies, a trade body, tells pv magazine that the DAPEEP figures do not include an additional 110.8 MW of net-metering systems.Thus, in 2022, Greece added …

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