Greece''s Big Battery Push: Ambitious BESS Plans
Greece has taken a decisive step forward in its energy transition with the launch of a 4.7 GW programme of standalone battery
In 2025, Greece has accelerated its plans for utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), signalling a shift in policy, financing, and market expectations. However, while the scale of ambition is high, there are several tensions emerging—especially around the move toward unsponsored (merchant) projects.
Greece's new battery storage program has taken into account the areas most congested by the output of renewable power stations as well as the kind of renewable projects connected to the grid.
The much-awaited ministerial decree for zero-subsidy standalone battery systems has been published in Greece. So far, Greece has provided support to 900 MW of standalone storage projects under three previous auctions.
Greece in 2025 is at a turning point with Battery Energy Storage. The government's shift toward large unsponsored, merchant BESS with priority grid connection reflects confidence that market conditions — especially curtailment pressures — are making subsidised models less necessary. Yet that confidence comes with risk.
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