\u201cNo more photovoltaics\u201d is the message being sent by the wind energy sector.<\/p>\n
At Wednesday\u2019s annual press conference, held ahead of World Wind Energy Day this Sunday, representatives of the Hellenic Scientific Association of Wind Energy (ELETAEN) focused on the growing issues of energy curtailments and zero pricing that are affecting the entire renewable energy market.<\/p>\n
This phenomenon, which is becoming increasingly pronounced in the Greek market during periods of low demand and high RES output, is attributed by wind energy representatives to the disproportionate growth between wind and solar power. Their proposed solution is the rationalization and optimization of the green energy production mix.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe approval of new grid connections for photovoltaic parks should be halted immediately, while it should continue for wind and other RES technologies,\u201d said ELETAEN President Panagiotis Ladakakos.<\/p>\n
Highlighting the imbalance between solar and wind energy, he noted that by the end of 2024, a total of 15,000 megawatts of RES capacity had been installed, with 9,500 megawatts from photovoltaics and 5,500 megawatts from wind. In 2024 alone, 2,500 megawatts of photovoltaics were added, compared to just 125 megawatts of wind. In the first months of 2025, an additional 1,000 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity was installed, and by year-end, the total is expected to exceed 3,000 megawatts.<\/p>\n
More than 85% of new projects that have secured grid capacity are photovoltaic, ELETAEN representatives said, stressing the need for corrective measures to preserve the national energy plan\u2019s 2030 target of a 60% photovoltaic and 40% wind mix.<\/p>\n
Wind power, unlike photovoltaics, generates electricity continuously throughout the day and night, helping to reduce occurrences of zero pricing and curtailments. With this in mind, ELETAEN proposed reinstating operational support schemes via competitive tenders for new wind farms.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo lower prices for consumers, we need competitive projects,\u201d the representatives emphasized. Regarding the reported exit of Portuguese company EDPR from the Greek market, ELETAEN commented: \u201cGreece is not an easy market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cNo more photovoltaics\u201d is the message being sent by the wind energy sector. At Wednesday\u2019s annual press conference,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[1700,35,728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-183132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-economy","9":"tag-energy","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114680412436877338","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}