Solarplaza Summit | Greece

As Europe moves toward an integrated clean energy system, Greece is emerging as more than just a fast-growing renewables market—it’s positioning itself as a key regional energy hub. With abundant solar and wind resources, rising export capacity, and strategic interconnection projects in development, the country has the potential to become a vital link between the Balkans, the Mediterranean, and Central Europe. This panel explores the strategic importance of interconnectivity—not only for stabilizing variable renewable generation, but for unlocking new trade opportunities, regional cooperation, and shared resilience. How can Greece fully capitalize on its geographic and resource advantages? And what will it take to turn interconnection into investment, innovation, and influence?

This keynote presents the authoritative figures on solar PV and energy storage deployment in Greece. Based on HELAPCO's latest data and forecasts, this presentation offers a comprehensive overview of installed capacity, upcoming projects, and annual targets through 2030—setting the stage for informed discussion throughout the day.

After a record year in 2023, interest in distributed energy in Greece has dipped due to legislative ambiguity and policy inertia. But is the tide turning? With 2 GW of grid capacity already secured for self-consumption and a new EU directive opening the door to shared energy models, distributed generation may be poised for a comeback. This session explores the future of distributed solar and storage—including energy sharing, virtual net metering, and behind-the-meter batteries. Can decentralization provide the resilience and public support that utility-scale projects alone cannot?

With volatility increasing and negative electricity prices becoming more frequent, understanding real market dynamics is key to building a viable business case for storage. This session kicks off with a deep dive into the latest energy price developments across Greece’s key markets: day-ahead, intraday and balancing. Using this data as a foundation, the speaker will explore which revenue streams—energy arbitrage, frequency response, grid services, or PPA add-ons—are currently generating real returns. What combinations are proving bankable today, and which models still rely on assumptions or regulatory support to become viable?

With subsidies kick-starting Greece’s storage market, the next challenge is building projects that stand on their own. This session features three developers presenting real-world business cases—each illustrating a different model: a standalone grid-scale BESS, a co-located solar+storage project, and a behind-the-meter C&I system. Speakers will share their technical setups, revenue assumptions, financing structures, and lessons learned from development to operation. How do these projects navigate market volatility, regulatory uncertainty, and evolving revenue streams? And what separates a subsidized pilot from a truly bankable battery investment?

As the solar industry enters a new era of scale and complexity, innovation is no longer confined to the lab or the product brochure—it’s redefining what solar can be. This session offers a forward-looking dialogue on how emerging technologies and ideas—like peer-to-peer energy exchange, blockchain-based trading, virtual power plants, and autonomous operations—could fundamentally reshape the way solar projects are designed, operated, and integrated into the energy system. What does the next phase of solar look like when innovation leads the strategy, not just the tools? And how can Greece position itself at the forefront of this transformation?