Green electricity cuts are developing into an increasingly critical and unpredictable challenge for renewable energy projects as they have grown at an alarming rate, primarily as a result of mild weather conditions from early in the year, rising installed RES capacity in both the wind and solar energy sectors, and insufficient grid infrastructure. Last year alone, RES unit installations totalled 1,700 MW, energypress.eu reports.
Highlighting this growing problem, RES production quantities rejected from the grid in the first four months of 2024 have already exceeded RES production which remained unused throughout the previous year.
RES production deprived of grid entry in 2023 totalled 228 GWh, a figure already surpassed this year. Up until yesterday, wasted RES output for the year had reached 314 GWh, sector officials have estimated, based on data provided by the transmission system operators.
Rejected RES output has been extremely high in April, reaching 245 GWh until yesterday, a figure that surpasses the 228 GWh denied grid entry throughout 2023. RES output in April exceeded demand in 17 of 29 days until yesterday.
Last weekend, RES production cuts soared to a level of roughly 50 GWh, the bulk of this cut, over 40 GWh, occurring last Sunday, according to market players. It was the biggest RES output cut recorded for a single day so far this year. Renewables captured a 59 percent share of the energy mix last Sunday.
