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For the first time in the history of the country’s electrical grid, Greece was completely powered by renewable energy for at least five hours on Friday.
IPTO, Greece’s independent power transmission operator, said the country reached a record high of 3,106 megawatt hours at 8:00 am local time.
The Green Tank, an environmental think tank, tweeted, '👏According to #ΑΔΜΗΕ , on 07/10/2022 the production from RES covered in 💯% the electricity demand #ενέργειας for 5 whole hours.'
'👏 Record optimism for the country's transition to clean energy, weaning off #ορυκτά fuels & ensuring our energy sufficiency,' the tweet continued.

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