The Greek authorities and Masdar have agreed to develop 7 MW of photo voltaic on Poros Island as a part of the “GR-Eco Islands” initiative. Nevertheless, the authorities and Abu Dhabi-based renewables developer haven’t disclosed the challenge prices.

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The Greek authorities and renewables developer Masdar have agreed to assist the Greek island of Poros to transition to a climate-neutral future.

The settlement contains the event of a 7 MW photo voltaic plant, which is anticipated to cowl a big a part of the island’s electrical energy necessities. The challenge will embody electrical automobile chargers for automobiles and boats, encouraging locals and guests to embrace electrical transportation. The island’s shut proximity to the mainland makes this infrastructure essential, particularly for small boats.

The federal government mentioned that the challenge is a part of the nation’s “GR-Eco Islands” initiative to “inexperienced” the Greek isles. Poros would be the third island after Astypalaia and Halki to affix the initiative.

Greece’s GR-Eco Islands initiative, launched in 2021 with a €100 million ($107.9 million) of funding, raises questions on which islands will be a part of and the method for participation.

Astypalaia, for instance, was chosen by Germany’s Volkswagen in 2020 as the location to check the corporate’s electrical mobility enterprise mannequin. The Greek authorities supported Volkswagen’s idea. On condition that Astypalaia is powered by soiled diesel mills, it ran a public tender for a solar-plus-storage energy plant.

Greece’s Public Energy Corp. (PPC) received the tender earlier in 2023 and is now constructing a 3.5 MW photo voltaic challenge and a 5 MW/10 MWh battery system on the island. Upon completion, the PPC-owned challenge will cowl half of Astypalaia’s electrical energy wants.  

Greek taxpayers can be requested to finance Masdar’s challenge on Poros, so the query is why the Greek authorities didn’t tender the challenge to get a aggressive worth like on Astypalaia. The Greek authorities’s choice to withhold disclosure of the challenge prices additionally hinders transparency for the Poros challenge and the GR-Eco Islands initiative.

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