#electricity

This week saw the Electricity Authority of Cyprus and private energy producers trading barbs over who is gouging consumers and who’s responsible for the high electricity prices. So what’...

A shipment of 12,000 tonnes of diesel is expected to arrive in the north on Wednesday to power the Teknecik power station, as repair work continues on its broken and dysfunctional ...

“Damage is inevitable” to Cyprus’ electricity grid with the related power cuts a foreseeable consequence during times of heightened consumption, transmission system operator (TSO) spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said on Friday. ...

As the debate heats up over the Great Sea Interconnector, with the government poised to decide in about three months on whether to become an equity investor, questions still hang ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) have weighed in on the proposed subsea electricity cable linking the Cypriot grid to Greece, calling the project an opportunity not to be missed. ...

Without transparency and proper financial analysis, the Great Sea Interconnector risks turning into a bane for Cypriot consumers, the House commerce committee chairman said on Wednesday. Disy MP Kyriacos Hadjiyiannis, ...

Cyprus’ decision on investing in the Great Sea Interconnector project will hinder whether the cost-benefit analysis is approved, it was reported on Wednesday. Speaking to CyBC in the morning, Energy ...

Electricity supply is expected to run smoothly, despite the high demand due to hot weather. Cyprus’ transmission system spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said demand on Thursday was estimated to peak at 1,150...

Electricity demand on Friday is expected to be higher than the previous day due to the unusual heatwave, Cyprus’ transmission system spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said on Friday. Maximum demand is ...

Cyprus’ Electricity of Authority (EAC) has approved works that will cost €45 million, it was reported on Wednesday. According to the head of the authority George Petrou, the EAC board of ...

The first results of the cost-benefit study requested by the energy ministry for the Greece-Cyprus Great Sea Interconnector electricity project are anticipated to be unveiled by the end of May, ...

Cypriot consumers should not pay anything for the Great Sea Interconnector until the project is up and running, the energy minister asserted on Monday. “It’s a matter of principle,” ...

The Great Sea Interconnector project will offer triple benefits to Cyprus, with better energy security, a ‘green mix’ of power generation and cheaper energy for all consumers, the Greek Independent ...

The management of Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (Admie) will be in Cyprus on Tuesday to hold talks with representatives of the energy ministers of Cyprus and Israel. They ...

Trade unions on Thursday raised the alarm over two small electrical explosions occurring at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport in recent weeks. On March 13 a worker from a subcontracted ...

High-level officials from the Chinese-led consortium responsible for constructing the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasiliko are expected to visit within the week, according to Energy Minister George Papanastasiou. ...

Government subsidies on electricity and fuel tax will be extended into the spring, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. The extensions to the subsidies were announced among a raft of ...

Leaving aside the issues of how the doomed LNG project was awarded, the key issue is to recover and complete it Much has been said and written about the debacle ...

A brief power cut affected a large number of areas across the country on Saturday afternoon. Electricity authority spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou told the Cyprus News Agency the outage was caused ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou was cautiously optimistic on Wednesday that a hike in electricity bill prices may be averted, however, he said the final decision would be taken by the ...

The much-touted opening up of the electricity market has been pushed back to the summer of 2025, MPs heard on Monday. They got the news from Stavros Stavrinos, executive director at ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Monday denied it has already decided to invest €43 million into upgrading its power plant at Dhekelia, following allegations by an association of businesses. ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Elias Hazou There is great value for the Cyprus electricity market in establishing the mooted subsea power cable connecting Cyprus, Greece and Israel – the Great Sea ...

A “new” electricity generator delivered to the north by Turkish energy company Aksa is actually 25 years old, it has been claimed. The generator is due to be installed at the ...