Ministry of Environment and Energy

The Ministry of Environment and Energy announces today, Friday, December 6, 2024, the amount of the emergency support for electricity bills concerning December consumption.

Specifically, the subsidies for electricity in residential tariffs and for all primary and secondary residences, without income criteria and regardless of the supplier, are structured as follows:

The Ministry of Environment and Energy is advancing a reform aimed at protecting the country's forests from climate change, with 750 million euros in funding.

Special emphasis is placed on flood prevention in Thessaly and Attica. The interventions include forest engineering projects, anti-wildfire measures, management studies and mountain hydrology works.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will receive retroactive subsidies, with tax exemptions also under consideration.

The Ministry of Environment and Energy plans to extend electricity subsidies for households for at least the next three months. Businesses, particularly those excluded from the summer subsidies, will also receive support.

Endowed with 25 million CO2 emission rights from the EU's greenhouse gas emissions trading system, which at current prices are valued at 1.6 billion euros, the Islands Decarbonization Fund is set to get to work, leveraging investments of €3.8 billion for the 2025-2032 period.

Thessaloniki: Green Light for the Redevelopment of the Former FIX Brewery Premises
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New developments are unfolding in Greece’s waste management landscape, as landfills are on track to become relics of the past. Waste is now being diverted exclusively toward recycling or biomass production, which can then be converted into energy.

Hello, we just had our first almost winter weekend with the government keeping a low profile due to K.M. being abroad, while PASOK made a strong presence at symbolic events like the farewell to Vasso Papandreou, who passed away modestly and humbly, just as she lived her entire life.

A different landscape in the color layout of electricity charges, with additions and subtractions to tariffs, as well as radical changes to the zone of cheap electricity and everyday habits, is planned by the government from the beginning of the year. The changes make green tariffs optional and emphasize fixed tariffs that offer pricing certainty without surprises.

The Ministry of Environment and Energy on Tuesday announced a boost in electricity bill support for more than 700,000 vulnerable households in October.

For households under the Social Residential Tariff, the subsidy amounts to 30 euros per megawatt-hour or 3 cents/kWh for the entire consumption.

The Ministry of Environment and Energy submitted an amendment to Parliament on Thursday which includes changes needed to facilitate the construction of the Cyprus-Crete electrical interconnection.