The Greek government has made public the draft of its National Offshore Wind Farms Development Program where it defines the eligible areas (ODA, or Organized Development Areas) to develop an estimated minimum capacity of 12.4 GW. The program includes 25 areas, covering a total area of 2,712 km² of which the majority is deemed to be suitable for floating technology. The projects to be developed in these areas should be developed in the mid-term (up to 2030-2032) and long-term (after 2030-2032).
Currently, there are five eligible areas to start the development phase in the medium term: Eastern Crete, with a total of 800 MW of capacity ; Southern Rhodes, with a maximum installed capacity of between 300 MW and 550 MW ; Central Aegean, with a maximum installed capacity of between 200 MW and 450 MW ; the Evia-Chios axis, with a maximum installed capacity of 300 MW, and the Ionian Sea, with a maximum installed capacity of 450 MW.
Besides this plan, which has already been sent for approval to the Ministry of Environment and Energy, there is the Evros and Samothraki marine area, where pilot offshore wind projects will be developed. By the end of 2022, Greece had a total installed capacity of 20.2 GW, 4.88 GW of which were wind capacity.
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