On Wednesday morning, Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the construction site where the Amfilochia pumped storage unit is being built, which is the largest large-scale energy storage investment in Greece, amounting to 650 million euros, with the aim of supporting the further participation of renewable sources into the country’s energy mix.
“Here in the mountains of Amfilochia, a pioneering project is underway, not only for Greek but also for European standards. This important pump-saving project should essentially be imagined as a very large battery. When we have a surplus of electricity, we move water from the low reservoir to the high one, and whenever the system needs electricity, it is exactly the reverse”, said the Prime Minister.

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