03/04/2024
Nikos Mantzaris was called to answer the titular question during an online panel by ELIAMEP.
02/04/2024
In the first two months of 2024, renewables approached 50% of the demand (47.7%). Together with large hydro they exceeded 55%.
15/03/2024
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.
11/03/2024
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.
06/03/2024
Longread by Nikos Mantzaris for Inside Story and Macropolis.
05/03/2024
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.
04/03/2024
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.
22/02/2024
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.
15/02/2024
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
13/02/2024
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.