Cyprus’ electricity demand was entirely covered on Tuesday night, with no power cuts recorded, transmission system operator (TSO) spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said on Wednesday.

“There was sufficient production, the needs were covered, and the evening went well. Nothing unexpected arose,” she told the Cyprus News Agency.

She said the maximum demand for electricity was 1,083 megawatts at 7.30pm on Tuesday, and that at that time, Cyprus was producing 1,058 megawatts using conventional, with the rest of the production being made up by renewable energy sources.

In total, she said, the maximum available production was 1,106 megawatts.

Looking ahead to Wednesday night, she said the TSO has forecast that the island’s energy demands will reach 1,055 megawatts, and that this estimate may fall if temperatures are hotter than expected.

“There is a small margin of reserve in production compared to the forecast for today’s demand. If there is no major change, we are not expected to have problems. The data is being assessed and evaluated continuously,” she said.

The eventless Tuesday night came as a relief for the TSO, with concerns having been raised on Monday following a fault at the Vasiliko power station in the early hours of Monday morning.

The TSO had said at the time that capacity would be strained through the peak hours on Monday night.

Last week, the Republic of Cyprus’ energy demand exceeded its supply, with a fault at the Dhekelia power station leaving the Republic unable to fulfil its own electrical needs.

As such, energy was procured from the north.

The north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek workers’ trade union El-Sen leader Ahmet Tugcu said the electricity authority (EAC) had requested from Kib-Tek that 20 megawatts of electricity be provided to the Republic between the hours of 6pm and 9pm on four days last week.

Kib-Tek had on Monday said it was itself experiencing “no problem in energy supply” amid Cyprus’ big freeze, despite demand in the north increasing by 18 per cent.