Online dialogue: 6 viewpoints on 4 questions regarding the deployment of renewables

What is the role of renewables in the attainment of climate targets? What are the challenges and what are the impacts of their deployment? Why are local reactions often negative? The Green Tank in cooperation with the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Greece records 6 different opinions regarding the deployment of renewables, aiming to approach in a holistic way this critical issue of the development of renewables in Greece and the related challenges.

We recorded the viewpoints of six individuals from various sectors: energy, nature conservation, environmental non-governmental organizations, local authorities and local citizens’ movements:

• Konstantina Ntemiri, Environmental Policy Officer, Hellenic Ornithological Society
• Panagiotis Papastamatiou, CEO, Hellenic Wind Energy Association (ELETAEN/HWEA)
• George Maskalidis, Save Saos (Samothrace)
• Giorgos Anastasiou, Mayor of Thebes (Boeotia, Central Greece)
• Stavros Xirouchakis, Lab/Academic Staff, Museum of Natural History, University of Crete
• Alexandros Paraskevopoulos, Licensing & Environmental Manager, ROKAS Renewables

The participants answered the same four questions which concern varied aspects of the issue.