Bill to free up space on Greece’s electricity grid

The Recovery and Resilience Plan is the "most ambitious program the European Union has ever conceived of planning and implementing," Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis said on Thursday, expressing satisfaction with the progress in its implementation and the loans envisioned under RepowerEU.

The minister was speaking at a conference organized by the Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) in Athens on the implementation of the plan in Greece.

Regarding the green transition, Skylakakis revealed that a draft bill for freeing up space on the electricity grid and the installation of batteries will be unveiled soon, as well as a framework for cuts in energy supplied to the network by renewables.

Skylakakis said the prospects of establishing environmental equivalents is being examined, stressing that this will be a reform to be presented...