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Egypt’s giant Kom Ombo solar plant gets $114 mln funding

ACWA Power has received $114 mln in international funding to build the 200MW solar plant at Kom Ombo, the biggest private solar energy park in Egypt. The new Kom Ombo plant will

23rd April 2021

Energy/Middle East

Turkish ‘Blue Homeland’ sinks East Med pipeline

By Panayiotis Tilliros Geopolitical aspects of energy development in the Levantine basin are of enormous importance, given the power vacuum that has emerged in international relations comprising the Eastern Mediterranean and the

18th April 2021

Comment/Energy/World

EBRD invests $1.5 mln ‘green finance’ in Armenia

The European Bank for Reconstruction (EBRD) is investing $1.5 mln in lending to projects in Armenia that will support a transition to a more sustainable, low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. The financial package

13th April 2021

Energy

Energy wealth is for sharing

When news first broke 11 years ago about potential natural gas reservoirs lying offshore Cyprus, everybody jumped for joy, as if we had struck ‘black gold’, the energy commodity was ready to

28th March 2021

Editorial/Energy

Egypt-Cyprus cable MoU to boost ‘energy highway’

Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation on the 2,000MW electricity cable linking their power grids to ensure energy security. According to Cyprus Energy

23rd March 2021

Energy/World

US supports EuroAsia cable amid Turkey protest

The US State Department supports the EuroAsia electricity cable linking Israel and Cyprus’ grids to Europe as a ‘cost effective’ flexible platform to transport clean energy and renewable sources. Washington’s show of

19th March 2021

Energy/World

EAC ready for mixed-energy era

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus is ready to cross the new energy era threshold, marked by the arrival of natural gas and the development of Renewable Energy Sources (RES), said EAC Chairman

18th March 2021

Energy

Cyprus can play regional energy role

When Cyprus becomes president of the East Med Gas Forum in January 2022, it should have a clear policy to secure geostrategic energy and economic needs and meet the 2050 target for

13th March 2021

Editorial/Energy

EMGF needs to expand, integrate

The Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF), as an international body, has come into force with regional ministers meeting in Cairo, Egypt, approving the forum’s statute. The meeting of energy ministers from Egypt,

12th March 2021

Comment/Energy

EastMed gas pipeline can be ready in 2025

The ambitious €6 bln EastMed natural gas pipeline could be built and ready within the next five years, Israeli Energy Yuval Steinitz told the Cyprus News Agency in an interview. “In Israel,

11th March 2021

Energy/Europe