Industrial PPAs are in demand as a new legislative revision submitted to Parliament yesterday by the energy ministry promises swifter connection terms for RES producers.

The ministry’s proposed amendment includes provisions giving connection-term priority to RES projects that have established, or are set to establish, PPAs for their production with energy-intensive industrial consumers.

Taking into account the grid’s capacity limitations highlights how coveted PPAs have become for RES producers as, once the legislative revision has been ratified, capacity available to these producers is expected to further diminish and make even more challenging their ability to connect new RES projects to the grid.

In comments offered to energypress, a number of market officials admitted no clarity exists as to how easy or not it could become for RES producers to ensure connection terms beyond the legislative revision.

Power grid operator IPTO’s deputy chief Giannis Margaris recently informed that 12.5 GW in RES facilities are currently operating, adding that leeway exists for an additional 6 GW without any saturation issues.

Concerns being considered at present are about the future, as connection terms already issued, along with RES projects in operation, total nearly 30 GW, the IPTO deputy pointed out. The ongoing discussion has to do with the ability to offer connection terms in the future, he pointed out.