PPC Group: Construction of 2.13 GW photovoltaic power plants in Western Macedonia reaches 90% completion

Renewable Energy projects successful Northern Greece are moving up astatine a accelerated gait and within schedule, focusing connected the areas astir the Thermal Power Plants of Ptolemaida, Kardia, Agios Dimitrios and Amyntaio.

Upon their completion, the photovoltaic clusters successful the region, the largest ones successful the full Europe, will make astir 3,150 GWh of electricity, a quantity corresponding to implicit 6% of the yearly vigor depletion crossed the Greek mainland.

Western Macedonia RES projects

Utilising the onshore of the erstwhile lignite mines of the Ptolemaida, Kardia, and Agios Dimitrios TPPs, photovoltaic powerfulness plants with a total capableness of 1,190 MW are being installed, astir of which (approximately 90%) person already been constructed, while some projects are already successful operation.

Upon afloat operation completion, expected within the pursuing months, the Group will make astir 1,800 GWh annually solely from these clusters.

This vigor will conscionable the needs of astir 450,000 households, avoiding, astatine the aforesaid time, the emanation of 900,000 tn CO2. These clusters besides see the company’s flagship project, with a total capableness of 550 MW.

Moreover, successful practice with the German institution RWE, the operation of 940 MW photovoltaic powerfulness plants successful Amyntaio is besides advancing rapidly toward completion, adjacent to the Amyntaio Thermal Power Plant, susceptible of generating astir 1,350 GWh annually, gathering the needs of much than 300,000 households and preventing the emanation of astir 675,000 tn CO2.

Significant investments successful storage systems

An important portion of the PPC Renewables projects is the archetypal installation of two Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) successful Ptolemaida (in the country of Kardia TPP) and Meliti. Energy storage is simply a large situation for the optimal utilisation of photovoltaic powerfulness plants, enabling the storage of vigor during the daytime hours (when there is simply a procreation surplus) and its merchandise aft sunset (when there is simply a procreation deficit). At the aforesaid time, they supply a valuable work to the energy system, contributing to its stability.

These two plants, with a total installed capableness of 98 MW and a storage capableness of 196 MWh, on with their associated projects, are expected to beryllium gradually completed and connected to the energy system successful the coming period.

PPC has already announced that it will put astir €940 cardinal successful the portion for vigor storage projects with a capableness of 860 MW. In total, these projects will make implicit 1,300 jobs during the operation signifier and hundreds during operation.

Among the vigor storage projects, the two pumped-storage projects stand out—often referred to arsenic “natural batteries” that utilize two reservoirs located astatine antithetic elevations. These see the task astatine the Kardia mine, with a procreation capableness of 320 MW for 8 hours, and the task astatine the South Field mine, with a procreation capableness of 240 MW for 12 hours.

In summation to the pumped storage, PPC Group will conception artillery storage units with a total installed capableness of 300 MW.

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of RES PPC Group, Konstantinos Mavros, stated: “A fewer months ago, we presented the PPC Group’s wide improvement program for the wider portion of Western Macedonia astatine Kardia TPP. During this period, important advancement has been achieved successful the improvement of the Group’s RES and artillery storage projects construction, afloat aligned with the acceptable timetable. We are moving guardant unabatedly with the completion of renewable vigor and storage projects for a amended and greener future. The improvement of RES projects marks the transformation of Western Macedonia into a hub for greenish vigor and precocious technology.”