11/02/2026
A record high in domestic fossil gas consumption was recorded in the first month of the year (8.1 TWh). Most of the imports were LNG (5.36 TWh), which also hit
10/02/2026
Efforts to weaken the new Emissions Trading System for buildings and road transport (ETS2)—culminating in a one-year delay to its start—make parallel measures essential to ensure its fair and socially
06/02/2026
Greece is far behind the European Union average in the adoption of electric mobility. According to ACEA data, the share of new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the EU-27 (17.4%)
05/02/2026
In an article for energypress, Ioanna Souka, Energy Policy Analyst at The Green Tank, emphasizes that supporting unnecessary gas plants comes at a cost to consumers. The recent ENTSO-E power
04/02/2026
In 2025, emissions from the ever-polluting lignite plants fell to a historic low (3.68 million tons), while those from gas plants reached a historic high of 8.8 million tons. As
03/02/2026
In his article for Oikologiki Enimerosi (Ecologica News), Nikos Mantzaris, Policy Lead Analyst and Co-Founder of The Green Tank, examines the progress of Greece’s lignite phase-out and assesses whether it
02/02/2026
In 2025, renewables (mainly wind & solar) set a production record, covering 46.7% of electricity demand, despite high curtailments (1,867 GWh), while lignite recorded a historic low (2,723 GWh). At
29/01/2026
The Green Tank, together with other environmental NGOs, was invited by the European Commission to provide input for the upcoming EU Semester report and recommendations for Greece. Our submission highlighted
27/01/2026
At the public discussion “Talking with the World (Kosmos),” organized by the political party Kosmos on January 22, 2026, to address energy poverty, Ioanna Souka, Energy Policy Analyst at The
26/01/2026
As part of the State of Climate in Greece for 2025, conducted by scientists from the Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development at the National Observatory of Athens and
