The Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water (RAAEY) completed the selection process in the first energy storage auction in Greece.
According to the terms of the auction, each participant could apply with a maximum of 100 MW. Three companies divided it into separate investments. The indicative quota was 400 MW, but accepted bids put together came in slightly higher:
In total, 12 battery storage projects of seven companies were selected in the auction:
- HELLENiQ Energy won with three projects – 50 MW, 25 MW and 25 MW, for a total of 100 MW,
- PPC Renewables was selected with two – 50 MW and 48 MW or a combined 98 MW,
- Intrakat’s Intra Energy passed with 50 MW, 25 MW and 25 MW for 100 MW altogether,
- Aenaos, owned by Mytilineos, got one 48 MW project approved,
- Energeiaki Techniki is on the list with one proposed investment, just 7.8 MW,
- Energy Bank has one project, 50 MW,
- Energeiaki Koinotita (Energy Community) with one project of 8 MW.
Overall, 93 offers were submitted for a combined total capacity of 3.3 GW. Pricewise, they were far below the ceiling of EUR 115,000 per MW per year. The highest bid was EUR 64,000, the average bid was EUR 49,748, while the minimum accepted offer was for EUR 33,948 by HELLENiQ Energy.
It should be noted that RAAEY plans a second energy storage auction for September with 300 MW on offer.
PPC turns to pumped hydro
In other news on energy storage in Greece, Energypress learned from unidentified sources that PPC Renewables’ parent – Public Power Corp. or PPC – plans to construct five pumped hydropower units of 1.41 GW in total capacity.
The group already operates two pumped storage hydroelectric plants with an overall 696 MW. It is said to be planning the first new procurement in 2024. Three locations are on former open pit lignite mines as the utility plans to turn them into a hotbed of new energy technologies together including batteries, the media outlet reported.
PPC has already received environmental terms for a pumped storage hydropower plant in Kardia in Greece’s main coal hub in the Western Macedonia province. It is envisaged with a capacity of 148 MW.
The two largest projects, 460 MW each, are planned to be located at lake Vegoritida in Western Macedonia and Sfikia in Central Macedonia, the article adds. The latter is a different project than PPC’s existing pumped storage unit of the same name.
Stassis: Tender for 450 MW of renewable energy projects commenced
PPC chairman and CEO George Stassis said earlier that the company is on track to install 4.9 GW in renewable energy capacity by 2026.
“In Greece, we recently commenced a tender for the installation of renewable energy projects of 450 MW and we also participated in the first energy storage auction with 100 MW, while we acquired licenses and environmental terms for renewable energy projects of 890 MW,” he pointed out at the presentation of the financial results from the first half of the year.
Source : Balkangreenenergynews
