RES update
(Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides – Partner and Dr. Maria Ioannou – Associate of Rokas Law Firm, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on March 2, 2020)
National Plan for Energy and Climate
Greece recently adopted its first National Plan for Energy and Climate, which regulates all energy
sectors (Decision 4/2019 of the Governmental Council of Financial Policy, published in OJ B’
4893/2019). The plan defines Greece’s energy and climate targets up until 2030, as well as priority
policies and implementation measures which should help to both develop and reform the energy
sector by 2050. The plan will also facilitate the shaping of the country’s energy and climate strategy
for the years 2030 to 2050.
As regards the renewable energy sector (RES), the targets set out in the plan comprise:
achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 in conformity with the European Green Deal;
doubling the percentage of power produced from RES sources to achieve the target of
becoming 35% of the country’s total consumption by 2030;
further developing RES hybrid power plants on the non-interconnected Greek islands; and
promoting RES-powered transport.
RES 2020 auctions
The wind and photovoltaic (PV) capacities to be auctioned in 2020 in order for producers to receive
the operational state aid for the next 25 years are regulated by Decision 11163/409 of the Ministry
of Environment and Energy (issued on 7 February 2020). Pursuant to this decision, the following
types of auction will take place in 2020:
separate auctions for wind and PV plants;
at least one joint auction for both wind and PV power plants; and
at least one auction for a specific territory in Greece.
Separate auctions
More specifically, in the separate auctions per RES technology, the auction quantities will be:
up to 480MW for wind power plants with a capacity ranging from 3MW to 50MW;
up to 20MW for wind power plants with a capacity up to 60kW; and
up to 300MW for PV plants with a capacity ranging from 500kW to 20MW to be increased for
the quantities which have remained unallocated during previous auctions.
All the above have been increased for the quantities which have remained unallocated during
previous auctions.
Joint auctions
As regards joint auctions, the auction quantities will be up to 600MW, while the following categories
of power plants will be entitled to participate:
wind plants with a capacity exceeding 50MW;
PV plants with a capacity exceeding 20MW;
groups of wind, PV or mixed-power plants that cumulatively have these capacities having a
single grid connection point; and
PV plants licensed under the so-called ‘fast-track’ procedure or approved as strategic
investment projects with a capacity exceeding 20MW.
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