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Hellenic hope: rapid solar build-out transforms Greece’s coal-laden Valley of Tears

July 27, 2022 11:17 am Published by

Inaugurated in April 2022, the 204MW Kozani solar park, built adjacent to several lignite mines, is the largest utility-scale solar farm in southeastern Europe. The first of a planned 3GW of solar power to be built in the country’s lignite regions, it represents just the beginning of Greece’s ongoing massive expansion of solar generation capacity.