Upgrading Greece to the green sustainability ranking
Greece in 2021 is ranked 39th out of 100 countries, in the “orld Energy Trilemma” index of World Energy Council (WEC), remaining stable compared to 2020 and rising by a total of eight positions compared to 2019.
The best version of the country is in the dimension of Environmental Sustainability, with the increase of production electricity low carbon emissions (less than 15% lignite, RES and natural gas significantly increased), combined with lower energy intensity to justify upgrading the state of environmental sustainability to 25% of the best-performing countries. Of course, as the council notes, socio-economic challenges and priorities must be taken into account for a fair transition combined with clean energy investment.
In 25% of the countries with the best efficiency due to increased production of low carbon electricity.
The lowest version of the country is in its dimension Energy Security, as the impending phasing out of lignite plants may jeopardize the adequacy of dynamic electricity if it is not accompanied by new investments in new imports of low and zero carbon capacity (eg gas, RES and storage, demand response). interfaces).
As stated by Mr. Konstantinos Xifaras, CEO of DEPA and secretary of the National Commission WEC, our country is in recent years in a dynamic energy transformation, which with the de-ligation has become and imposes ambitious. At the same time, Greece is promoting large receptions that turn the country into an energy hub. For example, it promotes significant investments in hydrogen wells, such as the White Dragon project, to enable a smoother energy transition and enhance energy security.
Mr. Harris Doukas, if. Professor of Energy Policy NTUA and head of the WEC office in Greece, notes that despite the fact that we are improving, we are still far from the top 25% of the most developed countries in the world and Europe. This means that we need to move more vigorously and focus on change and conversion, with an emphasis on energy savings (in buildings and transport) and even greater penetration of renewables, along with the need to invest in networks and storage systems, to reduce dependence on fuel imports.