Creating renewable energy communities in Cyprus
Residents, local authorities and entrepreneurs can combine forces to invest, produce and sell renewable energy By Natasa Ioannou In Sifnos, an island in Cyclades in...
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Share of energy from renewable sources in transport lowest in EU
Cyprus continues to have the lowest share of energy from renewable sources in the EU, Eurostat reported on Wednesday, citing figures from 2019. The average...
Energy ministry says special subsidies for RES abolished in 2015
The energy ministry on Friday said the government abolished guaranteed subsidy rates for renewable energy sources (RES) in 2015 after it emerged that under a...
Fund for RES schemes in homes to continue
The grant scheme for installing renewable energy sources (RES) in homes will continue in 2020 the energy ministry announced on Monday. The total budget of...
Government accused of hypocrisy over climate change action
The government cannot simultaneously be the leader of the Mediterranean’s energy hub and its climate action, a representative of the organisers of Friday’s Climate March...
Energy from renewables less than 10% at end 2017, some 3% from 2020 target
The share of energy from renewable sources (expressed in per cent of gross final energy consumption) reached 9.9 per cent in 2017 in Cyprus, according...
Less than nine per cent of Cyprus’ energy is from RES
Cyprus is among the four EU countries in which less than 10 per cent of electricity consumed in 2016 came from renewable energy sources, a...
Share of RES 17 per cent in EU in 2016, 9.3 per cent in Cyprus
In 2016, the share of energy from renewable sources (RES) in gross final consumption of energy reached 17 per cent in the European Union (EU),...
The wind vs sun debate cloudier than you think
New technologies and plunging installation costs should mean an extension of wind and solar power production, but developments depend on the government which has committed...
Hike in RES fund could cost consumers an extra €7 on bi-monthly bills
Should the government proposal to raise the contribution rates for the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) fund be accepted by parliament, it means that an average...
