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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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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