Greece going green

Greece is on the right side of history with respect to the environment - and that holds true across the political spectrum.

Unlike what we see in other western countries, and despite the expected criticism from opposition parties on specific acts or measures by the government, there seems to be a broad acceptance for the need to "go green" by both progressives and conservatives.

Recently, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a conservative, told the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai that Greece had "one of the best performances of any European country" in terms of renewable energy, having cut its coal use by over 80% and drastically reduced emissions, with the penetration of wind and solar being the seventh highest in the world, generating half of the country's electricity needs.

The planned increase in the capacity of offshore wind...