Greece, power outage crisis!

In view of the negative impact of Russian natural gas supply, the Greek government is taking preparations to reduce natural gas and power consumption at all levels. Authorities firmly believe that the Greek people will spend a difficult winter because of energy problems.

The Greek environment and energy minister Kostas Skrekas warned in an interview with the media that street lighting may become darker after this summer, and the artificial lighting time of historical monuments will be shortened. Ordinary families The risk of periodic power outage may be faced.

He said that in order to ensure the safety of EU's energy supply, EU member states reached an agreement that voluntarily reduced the demand for natural gas by 15%this winter. But this goal is facing many challenges. If you want to achieve this goal, you must take some necessary measures.

Reduce street lighting

According to the planned plan, the Greek government hopes to save a lot of funds by reducing the consumption of municipal authorities. Because street lighting exceeds 80%of its total consumption, reducing some street lights has become an alternative measure. If you remove one from every ten street lights, you can reduce energy consumption by 30%. In addition, at historical sites, the lighting plan is closed at 3 am every day. Skreakas pointed out that the government hopes that these measures are voluntary, but if the local authorities have not participated enough, these measures may be turned into mandatory measures.

He said: "We must realize that a conflict is destroying a country. At the same time, it is also exacerbating an energy crisis we have never seen. We must clearly realize that we cannot waste energy." He pointed out that the government will Carrying out a extensive exercise urged families to reduce energy consumption.

He warned: "The last resort was to force the family's electricity consumption by turning in power outages. In any case, we cannot rule out any possibilities."

According to data, compared with the same period in 2021, the consumption of natural gas in Greek industrial use in the first half of this year decreased by 71.06%year -on -year to 1.67 Tai Watt time. At present, natural gas only accounts for 5.51%of Greek industrial fuel consumption. The Department of Energy of Greece has taken some restrictions, such as forced Greece National Electric Power Corporation (PPC/Δεη) to double the production of lignite to meet energy needs. Skrekas explained that as global energy prices have soared, lignite will become important again. He said: "Most of our natural gas relies on imports, reducing the use of natural gas and turning to other alternative energy sources can guarantee Greece's energy supply safety and stability."

In fact, in order to reduce the use of energy, many EU countries have taken action. It is understood that France is about to introduce a rule of combating energy waste. The store that requires the opening of the air conditioner cannot open the door, otherwise it will face a fine. In order to save energy and save money, some German cities have introduced a series of "light turnover" measures, including the lighting of tourism landmark buildings in the city at night. (Cai Ling)

Photo source: Daily. Kathimerini.gr

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