By Haris Fludopoulos An important step in the direction of the maturation of the electrical interconnection project between Greece and Egypt took place yesterday, with the meeting of the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi with the president of the Copelouzos group Dimitris Copelouzos in Egypt. The project is envisaged to interconnect the electricity systems of […]
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What does the investment of Saudi Arabia’s ‘oilers’ in electric car batteries mean?
By Anjani Trivedi The world’s oil capital wants to switch to electricity and clean energy. To do this, it is reaching out to minerals critical to batteries and taking a stake in the electric vehicle supply chain. This will understandably send countries and companies prone to announcing ambitious plans, but then doing little to make […]
The big deals in green energy continue
Of Haris Fludopoulos Another acquisition agreement in the green energy market, that of the wind farms in Laconia of the Kopelouzos group bought by the Hellenic Petroleum group, has been added to the long list of agreements that have been implemented recently in the Greek market. Yesterday, therefore, ELPE announced the acquisition of 55.2MW power […]
Chr. Staikouras: Seven actions for the effective green transition of the economy
“Greece undoubtedly has the opportunity to emerge through the new dynamics formed in the international business and investment map,” said, among others, the Minister of Economy Christos Staikouras during the opening speech of the second day of the Green Deal conference of the TEE on green infrastructure. As he said: “despite the unexpected, exogenous, multi-level […]
ELPE sees new acquisitions in the RES market
By Harry Floudopoulos The RES sector has entered dynamically into the strategy of the Hellenic Petroleum group, being now a separate sector with a strong investment and growth impetus. It is characteristic that in a short period of time the RES activity increased tenfold, which in fact represented a significant part of the investments of […]
P. Kokkalis: The islands can play a leading role in the implementation of the Green Agreement
“On the need for a drastic review of the model of development and cohesion of the Greek islands as we move towards the Green Transition”, said the SYRIZA-PS MEP, Petros Kokkalis, in the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, during the discussion of the report “Cohesion Policies in EU islands “. The MEP […]
Ukraine war and pandemic will accelerate Europe’s transition to green energy
Most European Union member states have stepped up their renewable energy plans by 2020, which puts them on a path to reducing fossil fuel use over the decade, while the energy crisis and the COVID-19 crisis have given a boost rather than derailed their transition to green energy, researchers said today. Rising energy costs and […]
Offshore wind farms try to increase their energy efficiency Northern European countries
Northern European countries are in talks to set up a common North Sea electricity grid for the underground connection of future offshore wind farms, as they seek to boost their energy security, but the ambitious proposal faces financial and regulatory challenges. . According to Reuters, European countries have announced the construction of several offshore wind […]
M. Manousakis (IPTO): For fast turnaround in RES storage and networks are necessary
The new electricity transmission projects and the rapid introduction of storage technologies in the energy system, highlighted as basic conditions of the green transition the President and CEO of IPTO Mr. Manos Manousakis, during his current placement in the 10th Athens Energy Dialogues. Mr. Manousakis referred to the significant acceleration of IPTO investments for new […]
K. Skrekas in Sofia tomorrow for the regional Ministerial meeting on energy security
The Minister of Environment and Energy, Costas Skrekas, will travel to Sofia, Bulgaria, to participate tomorrow, Thursday, May 5th, in a wide-ranging regional Ministerial meeting on energy security, diversification of sources and routes of energy supply and green transition. The ministerial meeting will be attended by, among others, the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Kiril Petkov, […]