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EAC seeks study on Great Sea Interconnector’s impact on itself

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) launched a public tender on Wednesday for a study into how the Great...

CERA, ministry move fast on new generators for electricity shortfall

Growing concern over Cyprus's electricity adequacy shortfall, particularly after 2030 should efforts to import natural gas fail, which currently...

Are CERA and the IPTO just sitting there twiddling their thumbs?

From 2026, two years after our accession to the European Union, the European Commission granted Cyprus its first exemptions...

EAC strikes Siemens deal for three new generators at Dhekeleia power station

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) has reached an agreement with German industrial giant Siemens for the purchase of...

The power shortage is a headache too, Mr President

The meetings with EU Commissioner Varhelyi over what can only be described as the barely concealed demands of political...

GSI and Cyprus: Watch the IPTO-Nexans relationship

The President of the Republic announced on 30 December that it was a matter of a short time before...

Electricity: The Regulator must be the Regulator and take decisive action

We've grown accustomed to Chrisis Pantelides delivering measured takes on energy policy, carefully distributing blame where it's due. So it...

The issue is so serious, it’s inconceivable for the President and Finance Minister to be publicly disagreeing

The Finance Minister is right when he says that the legal due diligence report carried out by Curtis, Mallet-Prevost,...

President’s patience runs out with Greek IPTO after months of friction on interconnection project

President Christodoulides has accused the head of Greece's electricity grid operator IPTO of attempting to blackmail the Cypriot government,...

Greece’s grid operator challenges Cyprus regulatory decision, demanding €251 million in project costs

Greece's Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) has filed an objection with Cyprus's energy regulator against a July 2024 decision,...

Cyprus scrambles to find backup power sources before peak summer demand

The Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA) has declared an alert after forecasts showed electricity coverage this summer could only...

Turkey threatens to block Greece-Cyprus power cable project, sources say

Turkey has signalled its intention to block a planned undersea power cable between Greece and Cyprus, claiming the project...

Cyprus seeks EU approval for €140m emergency power turbines

The Energy Ministry has approached the European Commission's Competition Authority for approval to install two emergency gas turbines, valued...

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