Greece opened earlier in the week the biggest double-sided solar farm in Europe at Kozani, Macedonia which was built by Greece’s biggest oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum (Helpe).
The two-sided, or bifacial, system of panels will supply power to 75,000 households and connect to the country’s power grid in the coming weeks.
“This project reflects our national goals for cheap and clean energy from the sun, from the wind, from the water,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at the park’s inauguration.
Mitsotakis promised to speed up permits for renewable energy projects, including the construction of large-scale offshore wind parks, as the country seeks to wean itself off polluting and costly imported fossil fuels.
“Greece will become a protagonist in the field of renewable energy sources. It will adopt new innovative technologies,” Mitsotakis added.