How much gas capacity does Greece need?
A new report by The Green Tank finds that over the past 1.5 year, meeting domestic demand has never required more thermal power plant capacity than that currently available by gas plants (6 GW).
The Green Tank’s comments on the draft law on energy storage and waste management
"Yes" to energy storage with clear targets, "no" to waste burning in lignite areas and the weakening of self-production.
The causes of the new increase in electricity prices in September
The impact of Ukraine's energy crisis and the astronomically priced exports from Greek thermal plants.
The carbon footprint of electricity production – July 2024
In the first seven months of 2024, Greece had the cleanest electricity production mix (267 g CO2/kWh) compared to the same period of the last ten years.
Trends in electricity production – July 2024
In July 2024, Greece achieved a record monthly production of 2,639 GWh from renewable energy sources, while also seeing the second highest monthly production from fossil gas in the last decade.
The necessary measures to mitigate RES curtailments
Nikos Mantzaris' proposals to address the issue of green energy curtailments in a report by Energygame.gr.
Trends in fossil gas consumption & imports – July 2024
Greece was more dependent than ever on Russian gas via pipeline in July 2024, with an all-time high of monthly imports (3.69 TWh).
Gas in electricity production: Greece diverging from Europe
Article by Nikos Mantzaris in Energypress.
The carbon footprint of electricity production – June 2024
In the first half of 2024 the country had the cleanest electricity production mix (262 g CO2/kWh) compared to the same period of the last ten years.
Trends in electricity production – June 2024
Clean energy (renewables and large hydro) set a record by exceeding 50% (52.9%) of demand in the first half of 2024, and all fossil fuels (lignite, fossil gas and oil) combined. However, the increase in gas (+36.9% in the first six months of the year compared to 2023) still raises concerns.
Decarbonizing heating, district heating, transport and industry
In an interview for Euranet show on SKAI 100.3 radio, Nikos Mantzaris discussed the Green Tank poll on heating and district heating in Western Macedonia, as well as a number of other issues.
RES curtailments, zero energy prices and the need for “front-line” measures
Nikos Mantzaris talked to energypress and euro2day about the problem of RES curtailments that tends to become permanent in Greece.
The explanation behind the temporary reintroduction of lignite in electricity production
Nikos Mantzaris analyzes the reasons behind the return of lignite during the summer of 2024.
How Greece (& Europe) is handling the green transition
Nikos Mantzaris participated in an interesting discussion during the Agora podcast by MacroPolis.
