Is the Green Transition faltering?
Nikos Mantzaris was called to answer the titular question during an online panel by ELIAMEP.
Trends in electricity production – February 2024
In the first two months of 2024, renewables approached 50% of the demand (47.7%). Together with large hydro they exceeded 55%.
How a solution without gas for district heating in Western Macedonia can be both cheap and sustainable
Nikos Mantzaris was invited by Socrates Moutidis to the podcast of “Chronos Kozani”, where he explained why gas is a highly problematic “solution” for district heating in Western Macedonia.
Trends in fossil gas consumption & imports – February 2024
In the first two months of 2024, gas consumption increased by 30.1% compared to the same period in 2023. Greece fell to 23rd place in the EU-27 in terms of the voluntary reduction target (-15%) for the period April 2023-January 2024 and is 5 percentage points away from the target. The main source of gas imports is again Russia.
Can Greece decouple from fossil gas?
Longread by Nikos Mantzaris for Inside Story and Macropolis.
The carbon footprint of electricity production – January 2024
In January 2024, 1.28 million tonnes of CO2 were emitted, increasing by 6.2% from January 2023, decreasing by 40.6% compared to the five-year average.
Trends in electricity production – January 2024
In January 2024, renewables had the second highest monthly production historically (2,207 GWh), just behind the first in August 2023 (2,254 GWh). Together with large hydro, they covered almost 60% of electricity production and almost 57% of demand. Electricity consumption increased by 6.6% compared to January 2023.
On Greece’s new LNG infrastructure
Ioanna Souka explains why there is a serious risk that the planned new LNG infrastructure will end up being stranded assets for a news report by Energy Intelligence.
Measures to shield households against the energy and climate crisis
Analysis by The Green Tank and Facets examines 8 scenarios for the residential housing sector and 2 scenarios for the road transport sector and identifies the most efficient combinations of measures that will reduce both the carbon footprint and energy bills of households by 2030. The implementation of these measures can lead up to €1.6 billion annual economic benefits in 2030 for the Greek households, while also reducing emissions from both sectors by up to 7.1 million tonnes of CO2 in the same year.
Reducing the carbon footprint with energy savings and economic benefits for households
An interview with Nikos Mantzaris to Machie Tratsa for Oikonomikos Tachydromos on the publication of the report “Strategies for reducing the carbon footprint and tackling energy poverty in Greek households”, drafted by The Green Tank and the consulting company Facets.
Trends in fossil gas consumption & imports – January 2024
In January 2024, fossil gas consumption was the highest since March 2022, exceeding 6 TWh for the first time in 21 consecutive months. Industrial gas use is on a constant rise, recording the second highest consumption (0.8 TWh) in six years for the month of January since January 2021. The other two uses, namely electricity and distribution networks, also saw an increase. For the 5th consecutive month, exports from the Sidirokastro gate were zero.
The EU-27 must stay on the path of climate neutrality
Ioli Christopoulou at the Euranet Plus podcast on the European Green Deal.
Energy milestones 2023: Greece has embraced the energy transition
In an interview for Eco News, SKAI TV, and Korina Georgiou, Ioanna Souka, Data analyst, presents the data for 2023 that show that the country has embraced the energy transition and is moving towards fossil fuels phase out. Based on the data processed by The Green Tank, in 2023 clean energy in electricity production reached…
The carbon footprint of electricity production – December 2023
In 2023, 14.7 million tonnes of CO2 were emitted from Greece's electricity production sector, decreased by 4.28 million tonnes (-22.6%) compared to the same period in ‘22. Even greater reduction in emissions from PPC's thermal power plants (-24.7%).
