![]() ![]() Prince Salman has now added yet another geopolitical component: The massive imports of hydrogen from the Middle East and North Africa are to be directed to Europe via Greece. Greece is, so to speak, predestined and privileged. In all other cases, either one or the other predominates. Together with Portugal, Greece is one of the two European countries that have an equally high potential for windenergy and solarenergy. This becomes very clear in Western Macedonia, where lignite is actually to be completely replaced by renewables in combination with hydrogen. ![]() Indeed, hydrogen has the potential to transform Greece from an energy importer into a self-sufficient, energy autonomous country, with renewableenergy replacing the previously dominant fossil based energy. The White Dragon project and its project coordinators triggered an initial effect that brought many companies to work together for the first time and set off for new shores. More will follow, meanwhile top-class greek companies with a keen interest in hydrogen are bustling about in Greece, which at the same time represents the who’s who of the Greek economy. The Greek government was actively involved and achieved great success in July when two projects within the framework of the so-called ipcei (important projects of common European interest) were recognized by the European Commission in the first phase. Indeed, since the announcement of the WhiteDragon project in Western Macedonia, Greece has been on the European map of hydrogen projects. This was new for many, surprising and seemed like a glimpse of the future. Greece is to become the European hub for hydrogen. Relations are historically and traditionally good, but now a new phase is to be heralded. It was like a bang when Prince Mohammed bin Salman assessed his country’s relationship with Greece during his joint appearance with the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. ![]()
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