Power grid operator IPTO plans, in a fortnight’s time, to distribute 2-GW in grid capacity to Greek sea areas selected to host the country’s first round of offshore wind farms, as part of the overall work being conducted by the Coordination Committee for the Connection and Development of Offshore Wind Farm Projects.

IPTO will present offshore wind farm areas to which the 2-GW capacity will be distributed at the committee’s next meeting, schedule to take place in two weeks.

EDEYEP, the Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company, overseeing Greece’s offshore wind farm plan, presented sea areas marked out for offshore wind farm approximately one month ago.

A legislative revision securing a 2-GW capacity in the grid for the first round of offshore wind farms will be brought to Parliament for approval this coming Thursday, sources informed, confirming deputy energy minister Alexandra Sdoukou’s related announcement made just days ago at the official opening of Copenhagen Offshore Partners’ Athens office.

The 2-GW capacity in first-round offshore wind farms includes 600 MW marked out for pilot projects.

Last week, EDEYEP announced pilot-project permits for two companies, Aioliki Provata Trainoupoleos M.A.E, and Thrakiki Aioliki 1, SA, subsidiaries of Terna Energy and the Copelouzos group, respectively.