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Crete’s power remains vulnerable without EuroAsia Interconnector Opinion

Crete’s power remains vulnerable without EuroAsia Interconnector

March 30th, 20192263 By Marios Demetriades   For the first time in 25 years, Crete suffered a blackout on March 22 following an explosion to an old transformer which plunged the Greek island into darkness and made it vulnerable to future power outages. Fortunately, the timely response of the power company staff, emergency services and local...
Greece ‘jeopardising’ project to end Cyprus energy isolation Energy

Greece ‘jeopardising’ project to end Cyprus energy isolation

March 20th, 20194701 Nicosia-based EuroAsia Interconnector has urged Athens to re-engage in discussions on a joint EU-funded project to connect the power grids of Israel-Cyprus-Crete and mainland Greece or risk it not going ahead. A similar appeal was made by the EU’s Energy Directorate chief and Cyprus regulators on February 27 (joint announcement), as...
Euroasia Interconnector 'very important' for Cyprus, spokesman says Cyprus

Euroasia Interconnector 'very important' for Cyprus, spokesman says

March 17th, 20192102 The issue of the EuroAsia Interconnector is not closed and negotiations are continuing, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou was quoted as saying on Sunday. In a statement to ANA-MPA regarding the electricity interconnection between Greece and Cyprus via Crete, Prodromou said the project was very important for Cyprus, not only for...
Tender documents for design and build of EuroAsia Interconnector published Energy

Tender documents for design and build of EuroAsia Interconnector published

January 10th, 20194755 The tender documents for the four contracts – worth a combined €3.5bn – for the design and construction of the EuroAsia Interconnector were on Thursday published in the official journal of the EU. The EuroAsia Interconnector is a European Project of Common Interest, also labelled as an ‘electricity highway’ by the European...
EuroAsia Interconnector at final stage of funding Cyprus

EuroAsia Interconnector at final stage of funding

December 11th, 20182995 The final stage of raising capital for the project has been reached, EuroAsia Interconnector Limited, the promoter for the mooted subsea cable that will connect the electricity grids of Israel, Cyprus, Crete and Attica in Greece to the European system, has said. In a press release, the project promoter said it is “in the final stage...
Kofinou land earmarked for EuroAsia Interconnector Energy

Kofinou land earmarked for EuroAsia Interconnector

June 13th, 20183902 The government has issued a notice for the expropriation of land for the EuroAsia Interconnector’s high-voltage direct current (HDVC) converter station, the project’s website has said. The station, set to be built in Kofinou, will be the hub for a 2,000MW 1,518km long subsea cable, planned to connect the electricity grids of...
Cyprus in talks with ENI-Total on Calypso timetable   Energy

Cyprus in talks with ENI-Total on Calypso timetable  

April 2nd, 20187407 The government is in talks with the consortium of ENI-Total regarding their timetable for an appraisal, or follow-up drill at the Calypso gas prospect in offshore block 6, energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Monday. At the same time, he added, the government is discussing with ENI the latter’s broader exploration programme...
Kasoulides joins EuroAsia Interconnector Cyprus

Kasoulides joins EuroAsia Interconnector

March 30th, 20184592 Former foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides has joined the EuroAsia Interconnector, the project developer of a 2,000MW electricity connection project between Cyprus, Greece, and mainland Europe, as chairman of the strategic council, it was announced on Friday. “His unprecedented career and impressive presence in the international...
End to Cyprus’ electricity isolation one step closer Energy

End to Cyprus’ electricity isolation one step closer

October 16th, 201711347 Energy regulators in Cyprus and Greece, have issued a joint decision for the cross-border cost allocation of the electricity interconnection EuroAsia Interconnector between Cyprus and Greece it was announced on Monday. “This is a historic moment for Cyprus as it ends the electricity isolation of the last European Union member state...
Cyprus, Greece, Israel to speed up pipeline efforts (Updated) Energy

Cyprus, Greece, Israel to speed up pipeline efforts (Updated)

June 15th, 201711205   Cyprus, Greece and Israel said on Thursday they would speed up plans for the development of a pipeline channelling gas to Europe from newly discovered east Mediterranean reserves. European governments and Israel agreed in April to move forward with a Mediterranean pipeline project to carry natural gas from Israel to Europe,...
EuroAsia Interconnector awarded €14.5m EU grant Cyprus

EuroAsia Interconnector awarded €14.5m EU grant

February 24th, 2017275 The EuroAsia Interconnector Ltd which plans to link the power grids of Cyprus with those of Greece and Israel via an undersea cable, said that the European Union agreed to finance the final detailed studies ahead of the implementation of the project with €14.5m. The funding is part of the European Commission’s initiative to invest...
Construction of the EuroAsia Interconnector to begin in 2017 Cyprus

Construction of the EuroAsia Interconnector to begin in 2017

October 12th, 20164786 The official operator of the EuroAsia Interconnector electricity connection, a project approved and supported by the European Commission, announced Wednesday that the technical and economic studies have successfully concluded and work on the 1,520km ‘electricity highway’ that will secure international energy supply will begin in...
First phase research into subsea power cable complete Cyprus

First phase research into subsea power cable complete

February 24th, 20161638 The Odin Finder, a research and survey vessel that in January began a reconnaissance study for the optimum route for a proposed high-voltage subsea power cable connecting Israel and Cyprus to the European mainland, has finished the first phase, reports said on Wednesday. According to Philelefthros, the Italian-flagged vessel, owned and...
Survey vessel looking for best route for undersea power cable Cyprus

Survey vessel looking for best route for undersea power cable

January 25th, 20163767 By Staff Reporter A research and survey vessel began on Monday a reconnaissance study for the optimum route for a proposed high-voltage subsea power cable connecting Israel and Cyprus to the European mainland. The Italy-flagged Odin Finder, owned and operated by Italian company GAS S.r.l, set out from the port of Limassol in the...
InterConnector cable starts taking shape Cyprus

InterConnector cable starts taking shape

December 21st, 20152380 By Elias Hazou THE EuroAsia InterConnector, a proposed subsea electricity cable connecting Israel and Cyprus to the European mainland, has moved closer to the implementation stage after the project promoter awarded three studies paving the way for the pre-works phase. According to a company announcement, the EuroAsia InterConnector...
Lifting Cyprus’ energy isolation Cyprus

Lifting Cyprus’ energy isolation

August 9th, 20134108 By Stefanos Evripidou THE ENERGY ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel yesterday signed in Nicosia a first-ever Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the three countries on cooperation in the fields of energy and water. Cypriot energy and trade minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis described the signing of the MoU as “a monumental...
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