Chalki island in the SE Aegean will be incorporated in the national GR-eco island plan for the transition of Greeks islands to green energy in a ceremony on Friday, in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, ministers, and French Ambassador to Greece Patrick Maisonnave, ANA reports.
The plan is to make the island energy self-sufficient and to introduce electromobility, as well as other features of “smart cities”. A memorandum to that effect was signed in July by Environment & Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas, the French Embassy in Athens, the South Aegean Region, the Municipality of Chalki, the Public Power Corporation, the Syngelidis/Citroen Group, Akuoenergy Greece, Omexom/Vinci Energies, Vodafone Hellas and ALD Automotive. Papastratos company is contributing an electricity-powered ship for summer transport.
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