Climate Change & Energy

Trends in Greece’s fossil gas consumption & imports – August 2022

In August 2022, gas consumption decreased by 15.3% compared to August 2021 mainly due to a reduction in industrial use by almost 80%. However, consumption is up by 6.9% compared to the five-year average, leaving Greece far from the European Commission’s target for a 15% reduction compared to the five-year average. 

Trends in electricity production – July 2022

Monthly production record from renewables in July. Cumulatively in the first 7 months of the year in Greece, renewables (excluding large hydro) were the source that produced the largest quantities of electricity (11594 GWh), while fossil gas (11009 GWh) fell to the second place.

Trends in the Emissions Trading System in Greece and the European Union – 2021

Whilst in the midst of an intense energy and economic crisis due to the explosion of fossil fuel prices and the threat of a fossil gas supply disruption from Russia, many European countries, including Greece, have increased coal mining and are considering lifetime extensions of coal power plants. At the same time, the European Union (EU) needs to accelerate the achievement of its climate goals, thus shielding Member States from the damaging effects of the much more intense climate crisis,