03/03/2021
Opinion piece by Ioanna Theodosiou about the role of the Renewable Energy Communities in the Territorial Just Transition Plans for the Greek lignite areas.
02/03/2021
There is growing pressure on the article 219 of the bill of the Ministry of Development and Investment. A most important development is the announcement by the Nature 2000 Committee, the central scientific advisory body on biodiversity conservation in Greece, calling on the withdrawal of the article, that was issued yesterday. The announcement came after an urgent appeal by 23 NGOs, including the Green Tank, that was handed to the new Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy, who addressed a greeting to
25/02/2021
An opinion piece by Ioli Christopoulou explaining why article 219 of a bill by the Ministry of Development and Investment is dangerous for Greece’s protected areas, while not promoting investments in the country.
25/01/2021
The Green Tank in collaboration with the Heinrich Boll Stiftung Greece are publishing a feature on the contemporary Greek energy policy. Part of this feature is the article by Nikos Mantzaris on lignite phase out and the Just Transition.
25/01/2021
The Green Tank in collaboration with the Heinrich Boll Stiftung Greece are publishing a feature on the contemporary Greek energy policy. Part of this feature is the article by Ioanna Theodosiou on energy communities and their role in just transition.
04/01/2021
Article by Machie Tratsa on renewables and energy storage referring to the main points of the Green Tank’s latest report titled “Energy Storage Technologies: Challenges and Outlook” as they relate to batteries and the conversion of lignite plants to clean energy storage facilities in the form of heat.
03/01/2021
Comment by Ioli Christopoulou and reference to the Green Tank report “Priority to nature: An assessment of the implementation of Greece’s National Biodiversity Strategy” in an article on the environmental challenges of the new year, published in the Sunday edition of TO VIMA.
31/12/2020
Reference to the Green Tank’s new report “Energy Storage Technologies: Challenges and Outlook” in Machie Tratsa’s article and hydrogen technologies in particular.
20/12/2020
Article by Nikos Mantzaris in «Chronos», describing the reasons why the choice to continue the lignite operation of Ptolemaida 5 in conjunction with Carbon Capture and Storage or Utilization technologies (CCSU) is wrong.
14/12/2020
Nikos Mantzaris was quoted in an article by Energy Monitor investigating the challenges associated with Greece’s transition away from lignite both at the national as well as the regional level.