Papastavrou: Greece among the global champions in renewable energy sources

Stavros Papastavrou highlighted the value of Renewable Energy Sources, the relation of vigor interconnections crossed the Eastern Mediterranean and Southeastern Europe, arsenic good arsenic the request for “energy realism.”

“The treatment is not astir stepping backmost from oregon limiting our committedness to cleanable energy. It is astir the request to beryllium pragmatic and realistic. This is thing the Prime Minister besides referred to yesterday successful his interrogation with Ben Hall,” the curate said, adding that Greece remains firmly committed to the modulation toward cleanable energy.

“Despite 10 years of an unprecedented economical crisis, Greece has managed to trim CO2 emissions by astir 50% implicit the past 20 years compared to 2005. Therefore, we are afloat committed to this path. We are afloat committed to the 2030 people and afloat committed to the 2040 target,” helium stated.

“Greece belongs among the planetary champions successful renewable vigor sources. When we speech astir the stock of star and upwind vigor successful energy production, we fertile 3rd successful star vigor and 9th successful upwind energy,” helium added.

“We are present trying to present immoderate order, immoderate wide ‘dos and don’ts.’ The Special Spatial Planning Framework for Renewable Energy Sources volition beryllium announced successful the coming days. I judge it is important for each state to person a model for however improvement takes place,” helium noted.

Papastavrou besides stressed that Europe remains committed to this direction, but is progressively recognizing that earthy state is not needfully successful contention with the vigor modulation and whitethorn alternatively service arsenic a complementary element. He made the remarks during the “Energy Transition Summit: East Med & Southeast Europe,” organized by Financial Times successful collaboration with Kathimerini.

Asked astir the Vertical Corridor initiative, the curate underlined that it represents “far much than an economical dimension.”

“It has a transformative impact. For our region, this is simply a historical paradigm displacement — a taste shift. We grew up with a past that divided us. A past of wars and, astatine times, a past of part betwixt East and West. And now, each the ministers of these countries are emphasizing however inextricably connected we are,” helium said.

“This is simply a colossal paradigm displacement for the region. We were not taught to cooperate. And vigor has this unsocial magnitude — it brings america person together,” Papastavrou stated, emphasizing that “the much interconnected we become, the much we win successful functioning arsenic ‘we,’ the amended it volition beryllium for each of us.”

Following his information successful the sheet discussion, Papastavrou held consecutive bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Georgia, Mariam Kvrivishvili, and from Albania, Enea Karakaçi.