Natural gas power plant green-lighted

A long-awaited private natural gas power plant, adding to Cyprus’ energy capacity and helping to reduce CO2 emissions, is expected to be greenlighted after long delays. Larnaca District Officer, Odysseas Hadjistefanou, said

New electric car scheme launched

The Transport Ministry is launching the second phase of a €30 mln incentive scheme to encourage motorists to go electric in the coming months. Rollout of the 2022-2023 plan comes after phase

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Fuel prices at pre-war levels

After reaching an all-time high in the summer, fuel prices at petrol stations have subsided to levels before the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, which catapulted energy costs. Following this

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Aradippou municipality pioneers RES projects

In a pioneering move, Aradippou Municipality, in the Larnaca district, is creating not one but two solar parks to contribute to clean energy sources. In comments to the Cyprus News Agency, Aradippou

Eni, Total find new gas discovery off Cyprus

Italian giant Eni and France’s TotalEnergies have made another “significant gas discovery” in Block 6 offshore Cyprus, the Cypriot Energy Ministry said Wednesday. It is the third such discovery from the consortium

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Cyprus could process Israeli gas

Cyprus is weighing a proposal for a gas pipeline from Israel to the island, where it would be processed and exported by ship to Europe as Russia’s war in Ukraine compounds an energy crisis,

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Threat of power cuts avoided

Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) trade unions suspended strike action scheduled for Wednesday that would have caused power cuts after Labour Minister Kyriakos Kousios intervened. He arranged for unions to discuss grievances

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Lights go out before Christmas

Open-ended scheduled power cuts will begin Wednesday following a Transmission System Operator (TSO) decision to safeguard the stability of the Cyprus grid during strike action. In comments to state radio CyBC, TSO

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Energy grid held to ransom

Union-led workers at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus do not seem to have understood the free-market concept of competition. Instead, they are again manipulating the pre-election period to push through selfish demands

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