#great Sea Interconnector (GSI)

‘I’m not against the project. I want it to make sense’ Amid the hype over the Great Sea Interconnector, following the entry of French asset management firm Meridiam, one ...

The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project took another step forward on Thursday after Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (Admie), the project promoter, submitted an investment request for the Cyprus-Israel ...

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) chief executive Ben Black to make the Great Sea ...

The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) has entered a new phase. The recent decision by French infrastructure investor Meridiam to become the project’s 66 per cent majority shareholder has renewed confidence ...

The disruption caused by Donald Trump’s presidency continues to reverberate far beyond the United States. Whether in foreign policy or domestic governance, his instinct to dismiss inconvenient facts rather ...

Cyprus authorities were caught completely unaware about the deal that saw two thirds of the shareholding in the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), which was held by Greece’s state-owned Admie, ...

Both the European Commission and former energy minister George Papanastasiou found themselves at odds with incumbent Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Friday over Damianos’ claim that the planned Great Sea ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Thursday welcomed the entry of French investment group Meridiam as the majority shareholder in the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), saying the move gives the project “...

The Great Sea Interconnector, which, if completed, will link the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece, and Israel, is a “European issue”, Greek Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou said on Thursday. “No ...

Neither the government of Greece, nor the government of Cyprus offered any confirmation or denial of reports that they intend to issue a navtex, a message used to transmit information ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday declared that the planned Great Sea Interconnector project will “end Cyprus’ energy isolation”, after French asset management firm Meridiam took a controlling stake ...

French asset management firm Meridiam took a majority share in the Great Sea Interconnector on Wednesday, buying Greece’s independent transmission system operator (Admie) out of its controlling stake. The ...

With the energy sufficiency problems and power cuts that Cyprus is currently facing, energy will be one of the defining issues for the next government. The challenge extends beyond individual ...

A proposed electricity interconnection between Cyprus and Lebanon could become a strategically important energy project for the Levant, with both countries asking the World Bank to assess the scheme’s ...

The Cyprus-Greece great sea interconnector project (GSI) remains a strategic priority and has not been suspended, Energy Minister Michalis Damianos asserted on Tuesday, while stressing that the government will make ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos assured on Sunday that Cyprus has the support of the US in its energy projects, including hydrocarbon extraction, electricity interconnections and regional energy security initiatives. Speaking ...

Another instalment of the 3+1 energy dialogue of Cyprus, Greece and Israel plus the United State took place on Thursday at Rice University in Houston. Like previous, such meetings, it dealt ...

European Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen on Tuesday stressed the European Commission’s “crystal clear” commitment to the planned Great Sea Interconnector project, which, if completed, will link the energy grids ...

European Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen has reiterated the European Union’s support for the Great Sea Interconnector, which, if completed, will link the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece and Israel, ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said regional stability and prosperity in the Levant are “closely linked” to progress on the Cyprus problem. Speaking to Kathimerini in an exclusive ...

A joint letter sent by the governments of Greece and Cyprus to the European Investment Bank requested a new due diligence study, not extra funding, for the Great Sea Interconnector ...

The European network of transmission system operators for electricity (Entso-E) has rejected suggestions that it may include plans for a cable to connect Cyprus and Turkey into its continent-wide ten-year ...

The possibility that the Great Sea Interconnector project might not materialise if the cost is too high on Cypriot electricity consumers was left open on Monday by the energy minister. ...

An undersea trial of the type of cable to be used to form the Great Sea Interconnector, to connect the energy grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel, was completed successfully, ...