Four individuals stole 36 transformers, along with their supply cables, from the Greek Distribution Network Operator (DEDDIE), with a total value exceeding 245,000 euros, in rural areas of Rodopi, public broadcaster ERT reported on Tuesday.
ENERGY
Agios Efstratios in the northeastern Aegean is set to become Greece’s first energy-independent island, relying entirely on renewable energy sources.
EU energy ministers met in Luxembourg on Tuesday to discuss the bloc’s rising Russian LNG imports, Ukraine’s energy shortages ahead of winter and how to balance energy prices across member states, officials said.
Τhe distribution of heating oil will begin on Tuesday, with this year’s starting price set around 1.11 euros per liter, contingent on adverse geopolitical developments.
Theodoros Tsakiris, a Professor of Geopolitics and Energy Policy at the University of Nicosia, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the important REPowerEU workshop on energy that took place this week in Athens, and explore the various projects that have put Greece at the heart of a new energy map that’s transforming the region.
Key to green economy lies in high-yield investments, argues Minister Thodoros Skylakakis.
Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis denied that “green” electricity bills were being abolished, according to a ministry announcement on Friday, while clarifying that power providers will no longer be obliged to offer the “green” billing system to new customers from the start of 2025.
Greece has set more ambitious targets for expanding solar and wind power to cut greenhouse emissions by 2030 under a revised energy and climate plan presented on Friday.
Greece’s Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company (HEREMA) announced on Thursday the successful completion of the first phase of hydrocarbon surveys by ExxonMobil and HellenIQ Energy southwest of Crete.
A Liberia-flagged tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile in the Red Sea causing minor damage, but no casualties, British maritime security agencies said on Thursday.
The Energy Ministry is putting the finishing touches to the shift of the off-peak charging for electricity consumption from the night to the daytime and those hours when renewable energy source output peaks.
Work on a pilot project to make the small northern Aegean island of Agios Efstratios (Ai Stratis) run entirely and autonomously on green energy has been successfully completed, Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator SA (DEDDIE) announced on Wednesday.
The three priorities for Public Power Corporation are the regulation of markets, the unification of capital markets, and the acceleration network development, President and CEO Georgios Stassis said addressing the BloombergNEF Summit in London on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Environment and Energy on Tuesday announced a boost in electricity bill support for more than 700,000 vulnerable households in October.
Investments of 1 billion euros in Greece are foreseen in the strategic plan of Italgas for 2024-2030 through its subsidiary Enaon, it was announced on Monday.
Fears of another possible energy nightmare, which will again test fragile economies, are looming across Europe.
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