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...
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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...
On track for 2020 RES target
Renewable Energy Sources (RES) constituted 8.7 per cent of the energy market in Cyprus in 2014, ahead of the 2015-2016 target set by the relevant...
MPs urge EAC to keep on paying RES producers
By Constantinos Psillides HOUSE Energy committee chairman Zacharias Zachariou has written to the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) urging it to keep on paying producers of...
‘Green tax’ options under discussion at House committee
By Elias Hazou The government on Tuesday unveiled details of a mooted ‘green tax’ designed to keep afloat the deficit-ridden Renewable Energy Sources (RES) fund....
New tax to hamper ‘green’ energy production
By Evie Andreou IMPOSING a green tax on renewable energy sources (RES) damages the government’s credibility, threatens to close down businesses and discourages further development...
House passes RES fund bill
By Staff Reporter BY UNANIMOUS vote, the House last night passed the budget for the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) fund, but held back the funds...
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...
Home PV subsidies will continue, says minister
By Angelos Anastasiou WHILE the state electricity company’s (EAC) employee unions came out against the government’s recent decision to scale back the total capacity allotted...
Questions over surprise RES change
By Elias Hazou IN A MOVE puzzling to many, the government has apparently decided to drastically curtail the licences allotted to small-scale photovoltaic energy systems...
Cyprus, Israel, Greece: the new supply hope of Europe
By Staff Reporter CYPRUS aspires to become in the long run an alternative provider of energy to meet EU needs, energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said...
‘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...
RES laws finally harmonised
THE PLENUM yesterday passed harmonising legislation on renewable energy as part of a fast-track procedure to avoid Cyprus being slapped with hefty daily fines. Cyprus...