Thodoros Skylakakis
Bill to free up space on Greece’s electricity grid
The Recovery and Resilience Plan is the "most ambitious program the European Union has ever conceived of planning and implementing," Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis said on Thursday, expressing satisfaction with the progress in its implementation and the loans envisioned under RepowerEU.
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Priority to smaller solar power farms
The Ministry of Environment and Energy will try to bring some sense to the soaring market of photovoltaic parks, before the new technology is burnt out by extravagant projects by controversial investors in the country.
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Nearly 3/4 mln households to be economically supported
A total of 730,000 households will be supported for two months as part of the targeted financial aid announced by Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis, government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said on Monday during a press briefing.
Power rates drop further this month
Estimates for a decline in electricity prices were have been confirmed by the providers, who have announced the green tariff charges for February consumption.
The price per kilowatt-hour is down on average to 13.3 cents, 11% below the corresponding price in January (14.7 cents), with the price range for February ranging from 11.9 to 14.6 cents against 13.6 to 17.1 cents in January.
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Greece to export green energy to Europe
The government's goal is to transform Greece into an exporter of and transit hub for green energy to Europe by strengthening energy interconnections and regional cooperation for the benefit of all countries involved, Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis pointed out at the Ministerial Conference of the countries of Central and Southeastern Europe Energy Connectivity (CESEC) held o
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Athens and Sofia expand energy collaboration
The environment and energy ministers of Greece and Bulgaria signed a memorandum of further collaboration on energy issues in Athens on Thursday.
The memorandum - which focuses on electric energy, natural gas, renewable energy sources (RES), and hydrogen - was signed by Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis and his Bulgarian counterpart, Energy Minister Rumen Radev.
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Skylakakis stresses Greece’s huge wind and solar potential
Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis said on Monday that the green transition constitutes a major opportunity for Greece to become an energy exporter and is directly connected with the country's energy security, addressing the conference "Energy Security and Green Growth," organized by the ministry.
New electricity tariffs and extra subsidy
Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis on Thursday announced a series of measures regulating the electricity market that aim to protect retail customers after the horizontal subsidies stop on January 1, 2024. There will also be a subsidy for up to some 1.2 million vulnerable consumers, he stated.
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Heating allowance for electricity users
A heating allowance for those who will heat their homes this year with electricity, a special tariff for those with many children, free electricity for vulnerable households through the Apollo program, as well as a strict framework for electricity theft and strategic defaulters, comprise the package of measures to reduce of energy costs that Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis p
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Skylakakis announces measures to protect electricity consumers, vulnerable households
Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis announced on Thursday a series of measures regulating the electricity market that aim to protect retail customers after the horizontal subsidies framework stops on January 1, 2024.