The Prime Minister was informed about the energy crisis response planning – An assessment was also made of the course of international fuel prices and the impact on the fiscal strength of the economy
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was informed about the alternative scenarios that have been worked out by the Energy Crisis Management Committee of the Ministry of Energy at the meeting held at Megaros Maximos, in view of a difficult autumn and winter to come, after the developments in the energy field and the looming interruption of the flow of natural gas gas from Russia.
The Prime Minister was informed about the moves that have been launched regarding the energy sufficiency of the country for the coming months.
All production, import, export and storage data were presented and it was found that Greece is in a more favorable position compared to other EU countries.
During the meeting, in which the political leadership of the Ministry of Finance also participated, an assessment was also made of the course of international fuel prices and the impact on the fiscal strength of the economy.
The scenarios considered
“Of major importance for the next period, beyond the explosive increase in fuel prices, is energy security in Europe. Russia’s move to shut down Nord Stream 1 for 10 days for scheduled maintenance has sparked intense concern across our continent. An outage may hit some countries harder, but it will have consequences for everyone. Already, as announced by the Commissioner for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, the European Commission is drawing up and will present on July 20 a new plan to deal with the energy crisis even in the face of the scenario of a complete stoppage of the natural gas flow on the part of Russia.
Our country has been preparing for a long time and is taking every possible measure to deal with even the most extreme scenario. Particularly:
– Readiness to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) with two ships at the same time to the Revythoussa facilities. The special tanker that almost doubles the station’s storage capacity sailed in record time.
-Supply of more LNG by reverse flow through the TAP pipeline from Italy, with which there are already processes for large quantity storage.
-Using more diesel and lignite to produce electricity. The five gas-fired power plants are ready to run on diesel. At the same time, the available lignite units of D.E.H. continue to operate with their current production capacity and do not show any shortages, while in September the operation of the new lignite unit, Ptolemaida 5, will also begin.
Our national policies are such as to create an environment of energy stability. Community possibilities, which we have been pursuing from the first moment, will come to be added to the national ones. However, we all need to change our energy culture, contributing in practice to the reduction of wasted energy”, stated earlier the representative of the Government, Yannis Oikonomou.
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