Update on electricity storage in Greece (Article by Μira Todorovic Symeonidis, Partner published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on )
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1 During 2020-2021, Greece has experienced a new explosion of licensing interest for RES stations. The application to the Regulator in mid-2021 exceeded 9000 MW, with most
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