Green upgrades aimed to save €17 million from defense ministry budget

[Handout/Defense Ministry]

Greece has signed an statement with the European Investment Bank to upgrade vigor ratio astatine dozens of subject bases and facilities astir the country, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.

A ministry statement said the process would effect successful yearly savings of €17.2 million, reducing the equipped forces’ wide vigor depletion by astir 31%. It will absorption connected 40 facilities that relationship successful total for astir 62% of subject vigor consumption.

The woody signed Wednesday will spot the EIB providing technical assistance and backing for the vigor upgrades.

The ministry said the programme is portion of an wide subject modernization thrust and is intended to unafraid reliable and uninterrupted vigor supplies, little operating costs and trim dependency connected outer vigor sources by upgrading buildings, updating vigor networks and utilizing renewables.

Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said the expenditure savings could beryllium used to summation salaries and benefits for subject personnel. He besides announced plans to motorboat a accumulation unit for gases used successful aesculapian applications, which helium said would prevention the Defense Ministry and the Health Ministry a total €4 cardinal annually.