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Article

Energy Transition in Greece: A Regional and National Media Analysis

by
Nikolaos Koukouzas
1,*,
George S. Maraslidis
2,*,
Christos L. Stergiou
2,
Theodoros Zarogiannis
1,
Eleonora Manoukian
1,
Julia Haske
3,
Stefan Möllerherm
3 and
Barbara Rogosz
4
1
Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CPERI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), 15125 Athens, Greece
2
Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CPERI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), 50200 Ptolemaida, Greece
3
Research Center of Post-Mining, Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola, Herner Str. 45, 44787 Bochum, Germany
4
“Poltegor Institute” Institute of Opencast Mining, Parkowa 25, 51-616 Wrocław, Poland
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Energies 2025, 18(17), 4595; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18174595
Submission received: 31 July 2025 / Revised: 22 August 2025 / Accepted: 27 August 2025 / Published: 29 August 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Insights On and Challenges in Energy Transition During Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery: Energy Cost, Security, Wellbeing, and Other Second-Round Effects)
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Abstract

Media coverage plays a pivotal role in shaping public perception of the energy transition. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of how the lignite phase-out is represented in Greece, both by national and regional media, with a specific focus on the impacted region of Western Macedonia. Using data from the Leipzig Corpora Collection and regional news portals from 2013 to 2022, the analysis reveals significant divergences between media levels. While both show synchronized peaks for key terms like “Climate change” (2019) and “Western Macedonia” (2021), regional media addressed the direct impacts of the transition earlier and more intensely, with terms like “post-lignite” and “de-lignification” peaking in 2020 following the announcement of the Master Plan. National media framed the transition within a broader, top-down policy context, often with an optimistic tone, reflecting EU directives. In contrast, regional media provided a community-centric perspective, highlighting concerns over job losses and the preservation of local identity. The findings underscore a clear tension between official narratives of progress and local-level concerns, demonstrating that media discourse is a critical, multi-faceted component of just transition processes that policymakers must consider.
Keywords: coal transition; de-lignitization; energy; public perception; mining; media analysis; western Macedonia; Greece coal transition; de-lignitization; energy; public perception; mining; media analysis; western Macedonia; Greece

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Koukouzas, N.; Maraslidis, G.S.; Stergiou, C.L.; Zarogiannis, T.; Manoukian, E.; Haske, J.; Möllerherm, S.; Rogosz, B. Energy Transition in Greece: A Regional and National Media Analysis. Energies 2025, 18, 4595. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18174595

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Koukouzas N, Maraslidis GS, Stergiou CL, Zarogiannis T, Manoukian E, Haske J, Möllerherm S, Rogosz B. Energy Transition in Greece: A Regional and National Media Analysis. Energies. 2025; 18(17):4595. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18174595

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Koukouzas, Nikolaos, George S. Maraslidis, Christos L. Stergiou, Theodoros Zarogiannis, Eleonora Manoukian, Julia Haske, Stefan Möllerherm, and Barbara Rogosz. 2025. "Energy Transition in Greece: A Regional and National Media Analysis" Energies 18, no. 17: 4595. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18174595

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Koukouzas, N., Maraslidis, G. S., Stergiou, C. L., Zarogiannis, T., Manoukian, E., Haske, J., Möllerherm, S., & Rogosz, B. (2025). Energy Transition in Greece: A Regional and National Media Analysis. Energies, 18(17), 4595. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18174595

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