The Greek energy market broke 9 records in 2022, signalling a transition to green energy and a change in consumers' attitudes towards self-production from renewable energy sources (RES).
Indicative of higher RES production is that managers of the energy systems and networks take emergency measures during periods like the current one of Easter - when energy demand is low and RES production high - to protect the system's stability. They may even move to lower the amount of available energy from sun and wind.
According to an analysis The Green Tank, 2022 is the first year in history during which production of energy from RES and large hydroelectric dams (23667 GWh) exceed that produced by fossil fuels and lignite in total (23534 GWh). Exceeding the latter total was actually achieved before including in the total the large-dam production, which was rather limited. RES and large hydroelectric dams covered 46.7% of electricity demands in 2022, followed by natural gas with 35.4% and lignite with 11%.
For the first time in the history of the Greek power system, demand over 5 hours on October 7, 2022 was fully covered (100%) by RES, according to the Independent Power Transmission Operator.
Source: greekcitytimes.com