The country is now planning to scale up its grid-connected battery capacity significantly over the next five years. This includes both utility-scale and co-located storage projects, supported by a blend of public funding, auction mechanisms, and new merchant business models..
The country is now planning to scale up its grid-connected battery capacity significantly over the next five years. This includes both utility-scale and co-located storage projects, supported by a blend of public funding, auction mechanisms, and new merchant business models..
Presenting to the Special Standing Committee on Environmental Protection of the Hellenic Parliament on June 25, 2025, Nikos Mantzaris, policy analyst and co-founder of The Green Tank, highlighted Greece’s remarkable progress in renewable energy (RES) and the urgent need to scale up storage. .
Even though electricity storage is recognized as a prerequisite for the decarbonization of the power sector, the development of storage facilities is still facing legal/regulatory barriers and investment feasibility concerns. This article highlights key steps recently taken by the Greek State as. .
Greece is entering a new phase in its clean energy transition. After years of leading southern Europe in solar power expansion, the country is now shifting its focus to energy storage, a critical move to ensure flexibility, grid stability, and continued momentum in renewables deployment. With solar. .
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 power providing a growing share of the country’s electricity. The government’s ambition to make Greece a. .
Greece is rapidly emerging as a Southeast European energy hub, driven by rising renewables, stronger interconnections, and growing flexibility and grid investments. AFRY and China Energy Europe Renewable Energy have collaborated on an in‑depth report analysing Greece’s power market at a pivotal. .
Greece’s latest auction has awarded subsidies to 188.9 MW of standalone, front-of-the-meter, utility-scale battery energy storage. The auction was the third and final edition of a battery storage subsidy program launched in 2023, with the country now turning its focus towards a new 4.7 GW.
