‘Amateur’ governments dealing with regional climate crisis
More concern about next elections than worrying about next 30 years By Charles Ellinas There is a huge gap between what we need to...
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World Energy Outlook: a wide range of possible energy futures
Covid-19 has caused more disruption to the energy sector than any other event in recent history By Charles Ellinas The International Energy Agency (IEA) released...
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...
Government announces grants for solar water heaters
The Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Conservation Fund, Cyprus’ main financial tool promoting renewable energy use, announced on Monday it will accept applications for the...
Coronavirus: Economic lessons Cyprus should learn
This is the time to resolve and refocus rather than patch up the economy By Erol Riza There is an opportunity in adversity in every...
European Commission laments Cyprus’ high greenhouse emissions
Cyprus had the biggest increase in greenhouse gas emissions in the last 30 years and is unable to meet its 2020 greenhouse gas emission reduction...
MPs pass €60m guarantee for solar power farm
Parliament on Friday narrowly voted in favour of a €60 million government guarantee to a private company overseeing the building of a 50MW solar power...
Electronic information screens for Limassol buses
The Limassol-based Eu-kinisi public transport project, which provides a state-of-the-art transport electronic screen information system for the city’s buses, lays the foundations for similar services...
Drive towards renewables has been sidetracked by gas
We’re nowhere near reaching our renewable energy targets and the reasons for the delay defy common sense By Charles Ellinas A renewables roadmap for Cyprus...
Solar and wind firms call the ‘Green New Deal’ too extreme
US solar and wind power companies may have the most to gain from the Green New Deal, an ambitious proposal backed by several Democratic presidential...
Use of LNG ‘a one-way street’, EAC boss says
By Gregoris Savva The use of liquified natural gas (LNG) for electricity generation is the only option for Cyprus to diversify its energy mix and...
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...
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...
Green tax increase will see electricity bills go up
The ‘green tax’ levied on electricity consumption will almost triple next year, in order to pay for a €13 million shortfall in the renewable energy...
Further proposal to keep RES fund afloat
The government on Tuesday unveiled its latest proposal for keeping the distressed Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Fund afloat. To date, the RES fund has been...
Belgian scientists make novel water-from-urine machine
A team of scientists at a Belgian university say they have created a machine that turns urine into drinkable water and fertiliser using solar energy,...
University launches state-of-the-art solar park
By Constantinos Psillides The University of Cyprus aims to become completely energy self-sufficient through two solar panel parks, Rector Constantinos Christofides said on Tuesday during...
