Agricultural cooperative Agrinio Union said works are underway on a group of photovoltaic facilities developed by the local energy community it established. Five hundred Greek families are jointly building solar power plants of 100 MW in total and the model has been incorporated in the national legal framework for future investments in the country. A solar power complex of 100 MW is due to be finished in the fall in the Greek region of Aetolia-Acarnania and connected to the grid by the end of the year. The energy community founded by a local cooperative is on the way to start running the biggest facility of its kind in the country, before domestic utilities finish the first giant photovoltaic projects in lignite mining areas to replace the harmful fossil fuel.
Five hundred households and their strategic partner kIEFER TEK will install their own electric power substation. As the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO) rejected numerous applications, they decided to group the individual projects, said agricultural cooperative Agrinio Union, which set up the energy community. It is based in the neighboring municipality.
