Press Releases / Announcements

Greece warned: Over €50bn capacity allocations for fossil plants outstrip clean flexibility by almost 3-to-1 across Europe — risking higher energy bills

A new report by Aurora Energy Research, commissioned by Beyond Fossil Fuels, finds that almost 60% of capacity market contracts have gone to fossil assets, while only one-fifth has supported clean flexibility solutions .

Joint press release on the landfill tax

13 Greek environmental NGOs on the landfill tax debate.

The Greek industry on the path to decarbonization

After years of stagnation, the two most polluting sectors of the Greek industry (cement production and refineries) are aiming to reduce their carbon footprint, in line with the NECP and EU priorities, despite concerns about their competitiveness.

Just Transition Newsletter #8

The Green Tank’s eighth newsletter for the developments of the last six months (July - December 2024) related to the Just Transition of lignite regions in Greece and in Europe has been published.

SAvE Whales in progress: Snapshots from the first fieldwork

The SAvE Whales partners created the project’s first short documentary.

Joint letter to the European Commission on EU ETS revenues

Carbon Market Watch, The Green Tank and other European organizations have sent a letter to the new European Commission on the proper use of ETS revenues.

Sectoral carbon budgets: How much greenhouse gases will the sectors of Greece’s economy emit by 2030?

This analysis by The Green Tank calculates the first sectoral carbon budgets based on the NECP projections and shows that in the five-year period 2026-2030 Greece will burden the atmosphere with 257 million tons CO2eq.

Nature under attack: Bern Convention weakens wolf protection

The Standing Committee of the Bern Convention voted to lower the protection status of wolves, a decision widely criticized by conservation experts and environmental organizations.

The Green Tank’s comments at the 3rd meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Just Transition Development Program

Ioanna Theodosiou and Nikos Mantzaris from The Green Tank participated in the third annual meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Just Transition Development Programme (JTDP) 2021 -2027, which took place in Megalopoli.

Self-produced energy in transition: How the new institutional framework is changing the landscape

The Green Tank's 6th Review on Energy Communities and Self-Production in Greece presents the most recent development, with data from the General Commercial Register (GEMI) until September 2024 and the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator until July 2024.