Solar power: egalitarian, cheap and fair
For the first time in its history, Cyprus has the chance to be energy independent, and it’s not from gas By Constantinos Christofides Down through...
Photovoltaics
Cabinet approves incentive plan for photovoltaics and electric cars
The cabinet on Wednesday approved a plan to provide incentives for the installation of photovoltaic systems, charging stations and smart metres in homes for charging...
New project to push use of renewable energy in public buildings
A new project to support innovative and cost-effective energy rehabilitation in public buildings has received more than €2.8 million in funding, the University of Cyprus...
Energy ministry pushes for application deadline extension for RES park
By Philippe Orphanides The energy ministry’s intention of asking the cabinet to extend the application deadline for the second renewable energy park (RES) project has...
EAC and archbishopric sign deal
Cyprus’ electricity authority (EAC) clinched a deal with the archbishopric on Friday to develop photovoltaic parks. According to a statement, the parks will span 192.8...
Cyprus struggling to meet RES targets for transport
Officials said on Tuesday that by the year 2020 Cyprus may be able to achieve the target of 13 per cent of its energy being...
€500m needed for energy saving measures and RES
Some €500m in investments need to go towards saving energy and using renewable energy sources in Cyprus by 2019, while efforts to prepare a photovoltaic park in Akrotiri...
Photovoltaics to be installed in hundreds of schools
The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a joint proposal by the ministries of energy and education for the installation of photovoltaic systems in schools....
Wind power is a shameful waste
By Clive Turner Some months ago, I wrote a piece for the Sunday Mail about the inordinate waste of public resources in spending Cyprus’ entire alternative energy budget on...
Suspect schemes for wind farms
Insufficient reasoning, missing documents and seemingly arbitrary government decisions are just some of the findings in an Audit Service report released this week on government...
Accolade for UCY team in photovoltaics field
A team from the FOSS Research Centre of Sustainable Energy of the University of Cyprus (UCY) has won the top prize at the biggest conference...
Net metering applications can now be made
By Staff Reporter THE Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA) has started accepting applications for the installation of low-capacity domestic photovoltaic systems, known as net metering,...
Fighting over renewable pie
By Elias Hazou DESPITE government assurances yesterday that there is no intention after all of scaling back on net metering systems, a turf war has...
Our View: About-turn on photovoltaic policy is scandalous
WE WERE given another demonstration of the slapdash way in which government policy is formulated when it was announced that the Council of Ministers had...
‘Words not enough to lower price of electricity’
THE need to expand the use of solar panels by low-income households as well as farmers who need cheap electricity to remain competitive was unanimously...
AKEL questions church’s support for talks
By Peter Stevenson OPPOSITION party AKEL’s secretary general Andros Kyprianou launched a scathing attack on Archbishop Chrysostomos II on Monday by questioning the primate’s sudden...
EAC offers to aid homes unable to afford net metering under scheme for vulnerable groups
THE electricity authority, EAC, says it will help fund the installation of small home renewable energy facilities for vulnerable groups who are eligible for a...
CERA warns against installing photovoltaic systems without permission
Energy regulator CERA on Wednesday warned people not to install photovoltaic panels without prior approval. CERA said they had reason to suspect people have installed...
EU grants Cyprus 4.1 mln euros for green projects
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved funding of 4.1 million euros for Cyprus for projects that fall under the EU Life+ programme, the EU’s environmental fund....
Our View: Government needs to re-think net metering scheme for vulnerable groups
ALTHOUGH the government announced that it would allocate funds for investment in renewable energy sources (RES), as a way of helping the economy’s recovery, the...
