Greece Clears 38-MW Wind Scheme in Peloponnese

The Greek government has given the green light to a 38-MW wind farm project on the Peloponnese peninsula, southern Greece, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) said on Tuesday.

In the past few months, Greek authorities have given the thumbs up to 23 large-scale wind schemes with a combined capacity of 887.7 MW.

The 38-MW wind farm will be situated on the borders of Achaia and Ilia prefectures. The project is seen to fetch about EUR 46 million (USD 64m) to the local economy, according to estimates by the country’s Environment, Energy and Climate Change Ministry.

The name of the project developer was not mentioned in the report.

Under the European Union (EU) rules, which requires each member state to source certain amount of its power from renewables, the share of renewables in Greece has to reach 18% by 2020. In 2012, renewables accounted for 15.1% of the country’s power mix, according to EU’s statistics office Eurostat.

Source: SeeNews