The lignite refugees
Article by Ioli Christopoulou on two lignite towns, Akrini and Anargiroi, in Western Macedonia, awaiting for years to be relocated, due to the degradation caused to their land and quality of life by the lignite industry.
Change of course for Ptolemaida 5
Opinion piece by Nikos Mantzaris on the necessity to change course regarding the new, under construction, lignite plant “Ptolemaida 5” in light of the lack of approval by the European Commission of the Greek capacity mechanism until 4 July 2019, when the new Electricity Market Regulation entered into force.
EU must block Greece’s desperate attempt to subsidise coal power
Joint article by Nikos Mantzaris from the Green Tank and Joanna Flisowska from CAN Europe on the attempts by the Greek government and PPC to bypass the new EU rules and obtain an exemption which would allow channeling of subsidies, paid by the Greek citizens, towards the new, under construction lignite plant “Ptolemaida 5” as well as existing lignite plants.
The hunt for the lignite exemptions
Statement on the attempts by the Greek government and PPC to become eligible for a derogation which would subsidize PPC’s new lignite plant “Ptolemaida 5” in the newspaper "To Vima"
Greece’s biggest energy investment is not economically viable
Nikos Mantzaris discusses with Lyssandros Rigas in Kozani’s radio station “Radiologos” about capacity payments and the lack of economic viability for the new lignite plant “Ptolemaida 5”.
Lignite in Greece’s National Energy and Climate Plan
The Green Tank participated in a workshop entitled "National Energy and Climate Plans: Assessment and Prospects for 2050" organized by the National Observatory of Athens on Tuesday 11 June 2019.
Ptolemaida 5 will be economically non-viable despite the susbsidies
Nikos Mantzaris comments on the viability of PPC’s new lignite plant “Ptolemaida 5” in relation to the subsidies the Greek government is attempting to offer and the CO2 costs, in an article by Marianna Tzanne.
Amendment for the “survival” of Ptolemaida V
Article by Machie Tratsa describing Green Tank's appeal to MPs to vote against the last-minute amendment on the Capacity Mechanism with the photographic provision in favor of Ptolemaida 5.
An Amendment with a “rainstorm” of energy “adjustments”
Article by Marianna Jane referring to Green Tank's appeal to MPs to vote against the last-minute amendment on the Capacity Mechanism with the photographic provision in favor of Ptolemaida 5.
The Green wave in Europe and Greece
Οn the occasion of the World Environment Day, an opinion piece by Ioli Christopoulou on the European election results, the great victory of the Greens and the question of who will bring the green wave to Greece. The article titled “Who will bring the green wave to Greece?” was published in Greek in a special…
The sale of PPC’s lignite assets has failed
Opinion article by Nikos Mantzaris analyzing the reasons why public interest is served by the cancellation of the lignite sale in Greece.
Pressure to the European Commissioners by environmental groups
The effort of environmental groups in Greece and Europe to relieve PPC and Greek citizens from the deadlocks associated with the sale of PPC's lignite is reaching its peak.
Greece needs to urgently change its National Energy and Climate Plan
Opinion article by Nikos Mantzaris offering a different perspective to the Greek Ministry’s recent triumphant statements on the reduction of CO2 emissions and the draft National Energy and Climate Plan.
Sustainable development central focus of the European elections
Opinion piece by Ioli Christopoulou in which it is explained why the result of the EU elections and the decisions that will be taken in Brussels during the next period will determine whether Europe will contribute to reversing the ecological crisis and ensure the transition to sustainability. The article titled “Sustainable development central focus of…
