Renewable Energy Power Auctions Agreed at Lower Prices
Thursday, 04 July 2019
Greece's Energy Regulatory Authority on Wednesday said that its latest tender for photovoltaic and wind energy power stations saw a further decline in the absorption prices of green energy from renewable sources. According to the final results of the tender, 23 photovoltaic projects with a total power of 142.8 MW were approved, along with nine windpower projects of 1795 MW. The average price for photovoltaic projects was 62.78 euro/MWh and 67.32 euro/MWh for windpower projects, down from 63.81 and 69.53 euro/MWh in the previous tender last year, respectively. The Authority said that the power remaining to be auctioned for 2019 is 287.11 MW (photovoltaic) and 225.4 MW (windpower).