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1 day ago | 
ekathimerini.com | Chryssa Liaggou
ENERGY Green energy on the trash heap during Easter surge Roughly 30 GWh of renewable energy – enough to power four conventional power plants – was discarded in Greece over the Easter holiday weekend as a result of insufficient energy storage capacity. With solar production soaring and electricity demand plummeting, grid operators IPTO and HEDNO were forced to cut off green energy from the system to prevent a blackout.
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2 weeks ago | 
ekathimerini.com | Chryssa Liaggou
ENERGY ENERGY PPC unveils ambitious €5.75 billion plan for West Macedonia In Ptolemaida on Thursday, Public Power Corporation presented an ambitious investment plan for the transformation of West Macedonia into a technological and green energy hub for Greece and Southeast Europe.
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3 weeks ago | 
ekathimerini.com | Chryssa Liaggou
ENERGY HYDROCARBONS Keeping Chevron on board How the American oil giant’s involvement in tapping Greek hydrocarbons will be confirmed Greece’s long-standing effort to identify and exploit its potential hydrocarbon deposits has never been at a more favorable juncture.
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4 weeks ago | 
ekathimerini.com | Chryssa Liaggou
ENERGY RENEWABLES Solar energy producers on standy for possible Easter switch-off The owners of about 7,000 photovoltaic parks must be on standby during Easter, as they may get a three-hour notice from the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network (DEDDIE) to reduce or even stop their production.
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1 month ago | 
ekathimerini.com | Chryssa Liaggou
ENERGY ELECTRICITY Distortions in energy market Oversupply of power costs dearly, and when something does not sell, it shouldn’t be produced The basic rule of economics, that “when something is not sold, it should not be produced,” does not seem to apply in the case of electricity in Greece.
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1 month ago | 
ekathimerini.com | Chryssa Liaggou
Athens-listed} group Metlen is strengthening its presence in the defense sector, claiming a share of the 800-billion-euro market created by the ReaArm Europe strategic plan for the rearmament of the Old Continent. The company is expanding its Volos industrial complex and is forming a defense equipment manufacturing center in Greece.
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1 month ago | 
ekathimerini.com | Chryssa Liaggou
ENERGY ENERGY Crucial time for hydrocarbons The national hydrocarbon program is at a critical point, with all possibilities open, at a time when the global oil industry appears ready to allocate huge funds to the research and exploitation of new deposits.
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1 month ago | 
ekathimerini.com | Chryssa Liaggou
ENERGY ENERGY Watchdog frets over ADMIE Projects aimed at modernizing and developing the country’s electrical system, implemented by the Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE), are beset by serious delays and budget overruns exceeding 1 billion euros.
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1 month ago | 
ekathimerini.com | Chryssa Liaggou
Electricity theft is on the rise in hotels, restaurants and cafes in Greece, according to network operator DEDDIE. In the approximately 700 or more inspections carried out by DEDDIE in the food service and hospitality sector across the country from November 2024 to February 2025, 131 cases of electricity theft were identified in which the energy consumed without being recorded and paid for exceeds 4.8 gigawatt-hours and the dues exceed 1.2 million euros.
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1 month ago | 
ekathimerini.com | Chryssa Liaggou
The Crete-Cyprus electrical interconnection project is at zero point. The ships that had been chartered to conduct surveys have returned to their bases in other countries. The Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE), which had undertaken the project, has suspended payments to French company Nexans, which had undertaken the construction and laying of the cable. Only Nexans is still publicly insisting the project will be carried out and it will be paid the money it agreed with ADMIE.
