Peloponnese

Amazon has agreed to invest in three new utility-scale wind farms in Greece, in the Western and Central Macedonia and the Peloponnese, the retail giant announced on Wednesday. 

The company has signed four Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) that span three renewable energy projects, marking its largest renewable energy deal in the country to date. 

The Special Weather Advisory issued yesterday is updated according to the latest forecast data.

Civil Protection is on high alert and has developed an immediate response plan in anticipation of the severe weather that will affect the country until Saturday.

Arcadia Waste Treatment Plant is part of the PPP project of Integrated Waste Management of the Peloponnese Region, which was visited today by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

This is the largest Waste Management PPP constructed in Greece (contract enters into force -29 January 2021). It has been preceded by the PPPs of Western Macedonia, Epirus, Serres, and Ilia.

Two firemen were injured while battling a large blaze that started earlier on Wednesday in a forested area of Sidirokastro, in eastern Mani, in the Peloponnese, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

Twenty eight firefighters with 14 vehicles and two crews on foot were on the scene, helped by two Canadair and two Pezetel aircraft, but strong winds were hampering their efforts.

51-year-old Bulgarian and 37-year-old Greek died in an explosion at a scrap plant in Skala Laconias, Peloponnese, Xinhua news agency reported.