His condition electrical system countries does not pose a risk of sufficiency for this summer. This hopeful image was conveyed by his representatives ADMIfrom DADDI And her RAAEActing Minister of Environment and Energy Pantelis Kapro during a meeting yesterday, which he convened due to the summer season and the expected increase in demand for electricity due to the use of air conditioners.

This year the electrical system will be boosted by an additional 1,500 megawatts as the new Mytilineos units in Viotia (826 MW) and the new PPC lignite Ptolemaida V unit (660 MW) can be commissioned if necessary. Compared to last year, an additional 100 MW of renewable energy capacity was also added to the system, and water reserves in the reservoirs of hydroelectric units checkpoint, which constitute a large reserve for summer consumption, are at a satisfactory level. Despite a decline of 6%-7% year-on-year, ADMIE believes that this is sufficient, as is lignite reserves to operate PPC’s lignite plants. ADMIE is not even worried about how the old lignite CPP units will react if they are required to contribute to meeting demand, since their run time was limited in the past and they were not overloaded.

Managers believe that even under the worst-case scenario of high load, combined with high export volume, the system will be able to respond with good management. An increase in exports could occur if electricity prices rise in neighboring countries due to the problems that drought in Southern and Western Europe could cause in nuclear and hydroelectric power generation.

Regarding the issue of shutting down electricity from RES during periods of high generation and low demand, it is expected that ADMIE will send a proposal to the RAE for public consultation. The administrator is reported to be proposing a horizontal and proportional reduction based on the current generating capacity of each RES plant, rather than based on installed capacity. The percentage of capacity will be determined each time depending on the overproduction of RES and consumption. ADMIE has completed the first round of discussions on this issue with renewable energy operators, and the picture shows that there is a full understanding of the need for cutbacks when system stability is at risk.