Alexandra Sdoukou

Foreign investment groups expressed their strong interest in Greece's offshore wind farms (OWF) during an event organized by the Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company (HEREMA) in the context of this year's 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29), hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan between November 11 and 22. 

The Environment and Energy Ministry's leadership underlined on Monday the need to improve the efficiency of energy conservation programs in order to achieve the ambitious energy planning goals with the funds available, at the Green Deal 2024 conference organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece.

Fourteen people were injured during last night’s clashes between police and seasonal firefighters, both inside and outside the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection building, following an occupation by some of the seasonal firefighters. According to the police, 12 of the injured were police officers.

The mining project in Skouries, Halkidiki, has reached 76% completion, according to an update from Hellas Gold's management during a visit by Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy Alexandra Sdoukou on Monday.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Jeffrey Pyatt, who is in Athens, attended and spoke at an energy workshop today, discussing Greece’s leading role in clean energy development and the potential for exports.

Few people know that residents in areas where renewable energy stations have been installed receive a discount on their electricity bills. It's not a lot of money, but it's a fair reward from the power companies for any nuisance they cause with their projects.

Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis and Deputy Environment and Energy Minister Alexandra Sdoukou signed on Friday a ministerial decision promoting self-consumption of energy, either individually by all citizens and businesses of the country or jointly (by apartment buildings).

At 1.6 cents per kilowatt hour, the extraordinary support on electricity bills for August consumption is set at 1.6 cents per kilowatt hour, the Ministry of Environment and Energy announced.

Thus, the final price for the majority of consumers (which depends on the tariff of each provider) is formed below 15 cents per kilowatt hour.

The Standing Committee on Production and Trade of the Hellenic Parliament has voted in favor of ratifying the seventh amendment to the Convention on Hydrocarbon Exploitation in the Maritime Area of the Thracian Sea between the Greek State and Energean Oil.

"Greece is at the center of geopolitical developments in our region and, thanks to the infrastructure it had in Revithoussa, it managed not only not to face the danger but also to support the energy systems of neighboring countries," said Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy Alexandra Sdoukou, at the roundtable on "European Policy for Energy and Climate, Transnational Cooperation and the G