Environment and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis on Sunday addressed the “Greek-Russian Forum for Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Conservation” taking place at the 81st Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), highlighting the “true friendship” between the Greek and Russian people and the two countries, as well as its importance for the future.
Skourletis said that renewable energy and energy conservation and efficiency were areas of strategic importance that allowed Greece to combine its energy sources in the best possible way. He also referred to a project to be undertaken by Greek and Russian scientists on a Russian public building to save energy and achieve the greatest possible energy upgrade. The minister said that this was an opportunity to pass from theory to practice in the cooperation between the Greek centre for renewable energy KAPE and the Russian Energy Service.
The minister predicted that a state-controlled Public Power Corporation will continue to make a decisive contribution in the next phases of Greek energy policy, retaining its leading role. He also announced that the government was mulling new prospects in cross-border cooperation for RES, as well as new regulations for geothermic energy and biomass.
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Greece’s experience in promoting RES would allow it to participate in joint projects and investments involving the development of technology and the energy market. He said that RES development was a priority for Russia, which has to reduce carbon emissions by 60 pct by 2050.
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