Greece’s Agricultural Heartland Underwater
Record rainfall inundated towns and farmland in the country’s Thessaly region.
Record rainfall inundated towns and farmland in the country’s Thessaly region.
The intense wildfires burning in Greece since 17 July have quickly become the worst recorded since at least 2003 for the month of July. Data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service’s (CAMS) Global Fire Assimilation System show that the wildfire emissions for Greece overall increased quickly on 17 July, with … [continued]
Following up on the first part of this journey in the Hyundai Kona Electric from Warsaw, Poland, to the easternmost point in Europe — and our earlier EV journeys to Nordkapp (the northernmost point in Europe), Cabo da Roca (the westernmost point), Punta Marroqui (the southernmost point) — this article … [continued]
In the latest episode of Cleantech Talk, José Pontes of EAFO and EV Volumes provided us with a thorough exploration of varying electric vehicle sales trends and the policies that have driven them in several European countries. While you can indeed listen to the podcast and get the story, José actually … [continued]
The Greek island of Astypalea in the Aegean Sea is transitioning to electric transportation powered by clean energy thanks to Volkswagen.
Tesmanian has reported that Tesla is hiring in Greece and could be about to enter the Greek market. Demand is a constant for Tesla. In its Q2 update, Tesla noted that “Production output of our existing facilities continues to improve to meet demand, and we are adding more capacity. Later this year, we will be building three factories on three continents simultaneously.”
What it you held a renewable energy auction and nobody from the wind energy industry showed up? That’s what happened in Germany last week.
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Originally published on Lenz Blog. By Karl-Friedrich Lenz No, I am not talking about the default. Greece has failed to meet a payment to the IMF today. This post is about the complete shutdown of new solar energy in Greece. A couple of numbers show the extent of that collapse … [continued]
From a price of €171.9 per megawatt hour (MWh) back in August of 2012, the Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (YPEKA) announced this past Friday that they will be cutting the feed-in tariff price down to €95 per MWh of generated electricity starting June 1, a reduction of 44.7%. The … [continued]