It reached a record 3,106 megawatt hours of electricity at 9 am local time, according to the country’s independent power transmission operator, Sky News reported.
The power transmission operator said: "For the first time in the history of the Greek electricity system, demand was covered by 100 percent of renewable energy sources".
Greece aims to more than double its green energy capacity as it hopes renewables will make up at least 70 percent of its energy mix by 2030.
According to electricity data from "Ember"Greece, an independent research centre, produced 39.4 percent of its electricity from renewables last year, including 19.8 percent from wind, 9.9 percent from hydro and 8.9 percent from solar.
It produced 61 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels in 2021.
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Greece worked entirely on renewable energy for 5 hours on Friday, October 7 last, for the first time ever, using solar energy Wind energy and hydroelectricity.
It reached a record 3,106 megawatt hours of electricity at 9 am local time, according to the country’s independent power transmission operator, Sky News reported.
“For the first time in the history of the Greek electricity system, demand was covered by 100 percent of renewable energy sources,” the power transmission operator said.
Greece aims to more than double its green energy capacity as it hopes renewables will make up at least 70 percent of its energy mix by 2030.
According to electricity data from EMBER, an independent research center, Greece produced 39.4 percent of its electricity from renewables last year, including 19.8 percent from wind, 9.9 percent from hydro and 8.9 percent from solar.
It produced 61 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels in 2021.