Articles by
Marilena Zidianaki
The Evolution of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in Greece: A Synopsis of the Legal Framework
By
Marilena Zidianaki
The Greek renewable energy transition has its origin in the 1990s when the country first introduced a feed-in tariff. The road since then has been a bumpy one, yet Greece’s government issued a draft proposal whereby the country is to reach a 40 percent renewable electricity target by 2020. If this proposal is adopted, Greece will have to considerably speed up its build-up of renewables.