Energy upgrades bottlenecked

Major problems have emerged in the market by a bottleneck in the subsidized property energy upgrade programs.

With the older programs of the "Exikonomo" type not yet completed due to bureaucratic and other difficulties, but with new programs also being added, the market is struggling to cope, with interested parties in constant search of workers for the actual implementation of projects, as well as for the liquidity needed to cover their own participation in the scheme.

With the financial stakes being very high - at least 3 billion euros in subsidies are available, resulting in the total amount of projects planned to be at least double - the challenge is to find solutions and implement the projects in order to achieve the main goal of saving energy and reducing costs for households.

The confluence of factors has created a series of problems: First, the country...

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