Nikos Mantzaris on radion Channel 1 of Piraeus.
Report by IEEP with the contribution of civil society organizations.
In August 2022, gas consumption decreased by 15.3% compared to August 2021 mainly due to a reduction in industrial use by almost 80%. However, consumption is up by 6.9% compared to the five-year average, leaving Greece far from the European Commission’s target for a 15% reduction compared to the five-year average.
Nikos Mantzaris at ERT TV and Radio.
New analysis by The Green Tank examines Greece’s potential to reduce its fossil gas consumption in the next eight months in order to contribute to the common European effort.
Monthly production record from renewables in July. Cumulatively in the first 7 months of the year in Greece, renewables (excluding large hydro) were the source that produced the largest quantities of electricity (11594 GWh), while fossil gas (11009 GWh) fell to the second place.
For the first time, renewables including large hydro surpass fossil fuels (fossil gas and lignite) during the first half of the year.
Nikos Mantzaris on ERT television and radio.
Whilst in the midst of an intense energy and economic crisis due to the explosion of fossil fuel prices and the threat of a fossil gas supply disruption from Russia, many European countries, including Greece, have increased coal mining and are considering lifetime extensions of coal power plants. At the same time, the European Union (EU) needs to accelerate the achievement of its climate goals, thus shielding Member States from the damaging effects of the much more intense climate crisis,
Comments submitted by the Green Tank on updating EU legislation to make the EU independent from Russian fossil fuels.