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Can Greece learn to love renewable energy?
EconomyFeaturespart-state owned Public Power Corporation (PPC). The country’s mines rank second in the EU... of the PPC’s power comes from lignite, while the company’s share of the domestic market was 94.5... of a feed-in premiums scheme. As a result, new renewable power plants will be participating
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New regime on electricity producers from RES/CHP stations foresees further investments in Greek energy market
Legalfor electricity producers of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and Combined Heat and Power High Performance (CHP... important issues for the Greek energy market as regards the electricity stations generating power from... for the validity support period of RES and CHP of each power station and will take the form of a differential
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Greece as an energy hub: Reality or wishful thinking?
EconomyFeaturesfor energy projects. The main reforms come in the shape of liberalising the power sector in line... with Israel to supply private power plants with up to 23 billion cubic meters of natural gas from... interconnector which would link Greek, Cypriot and Israeli power grids via Crete through the world’s longest
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A moment to reflect, not celebrate
Agoraof austerity, the benefits of belt-tightening, the futility of the euro or the unshakeable power.... The PASOK government in power in 2009, when Greece’s finances were discovered to be in dire straits... improvement, the leftists’ path to power was secured. Still in its ideological bubble, SYRIZA came to power
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ND keeps pressure on PM over minister as Tsakalotos muses on fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Stournaras, with whom SYRIZA has clashed numerous times since coming to power. The tone... should disagree about,” he said. “We wouldn't change our position just because New Democracy was in power. I don’t think it's very likely they will be in power but in the unlikely and unfortunate
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PPC, Hellenikon present government with first test of problem solving mettle
Economy, the dire state of Public Power Corporation’s (PPC) finances and unblocking the flagship Hellinikon... infrastructure after the storms took out a large part of the network in the region. While power is now...-fashioned forms of power generation, at a time when utilities are increasingly turning to renewable energy
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Hatzidakis announces strategy for partial privatisation of PPC
EconomyFeaturesThe government has announced its plans for rescuing the state electricity firm, the Public Power... Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE). In addition, further privatisations were proposed for ADMIE under... affiliate the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO SA) reached 13.3 million euros. The holding
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SYRIZA targets broader appeal as ND focuses on next bills
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA has taken the next step in its gradual evolution following its 4.5 years in power... has emerged on top in the battle to make SYRIZA a broad church in its bid to be a party of power... in power and the hefty election defeat it suffered in July. The two-day meeting of the party’s central
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Political leaders discuss stance on Turkey, as judicial interference case divides Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicsto power. With most of the opposition parties abstaining from the vote on principle, the motion... abuse of power, attempted blackmail, bribe-taking and racketeering. The result is being touted as a moral victory by ND and KINAL, the two traditional parties of power in Greece, who have long argued
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Greece persistently bottom of the list for EU gender equality
Societyof achievement in six core domains: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. Two additional domains... in power (27 points). In the domain of work, Greece’s score was 64.4, showing progress of 0.8 points... of women. The EU average is 27.5 percent and 31.9 percent, respectively. Greece’s score in power
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