Lignite is not going away yet

The vigor situation from the Middle East struggle is restoring lignite successful Greece’s vigor equilibrium for 2027. The contented of the past remaining lignite unit, Ptolemaida 5, successful the energy system for vigor information reasons, was reopened aft the involution of grid head ADMIE.

The head for the information of the country’s energy system sent a confidential missive to the Energy Ministry, vigor regulator RAAEY and the Public Power Corporation conscionable earlier Easter, analyzing why Ptolemaida 5 should stay available successful cognition astatine slightest until the extremity of 2027. 

The withdrawal of the unit successful September, arsenic planned by PPC, is assessed by ADMIE arsenic a precocious hazard for the country’s unafraid supply of energy successful the caller winter season. 

As Kathimerini has learned, ADMIE considers the unit necessary, not lone due to the fact that of the existent vigor situation and its unit connected the supply of substance for energy generation, but besides due to the fact that of the provisions of the National Energy and Climate Plan (NESEK). According to the NESEK, Ptolemaida 5 remains successful the system arsenic a lignite unit until 2028 and is then withdrawn to reoperate aft 2030 arsenic a earthy state unit. Its withdrawal successful 2028 was considered so arsenic not to disrupt the smooth supply of energy to the country; by that clip the caller Alexandroupoli unit (capacity 840 MW), planned for 2027, will person joined the grid, arsenic well arsenic a satisfactory fig of storage units.

The constricted fig of storage projects built so acold and those that will beryllium built by September, when PPC has scheduled to withdraw Ptolemaida 5, bash not guarantee, according to ADMIE, Greece’s energy sufficiency successful the winter play when request rises owed to heating. In addition, a year of testing is required for the integration and cognition of the storage units successful the system. 

Therefore, ADMIE believes Ptolemaida 5 should stay successful the system astatine slightest until the extremity of adjacent winter, careless of the existent vigor crisis. Otherwise, the country’s sufficiency will beryllium connected imports.