<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Sotiris Kyprianou · Writing</title><description>Commentary on the Cyprus electricity market: markets, renewables, storage and policy.</description><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/</link><language>el</language><item><title>The solution is right in front of us: energy storage</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/storage-the-solution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/storage-the-solution</guid><description>Storage is the fastest, most competitive answer to Cyprus&apos;s prices and adequacy, so why is it being kept hostage to procedures, delays and conflicts of roles?</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Storage</category></item><item><title>Το φθηνό ρεύμα δεν έρχεται κάνοντας χάρες στην ΑΗΚ · Cheap electricity won&apos;t come by doing the EAC favours</title><link>https://www.alphanews.live/economy/to-fthino-revma-den-erchetai-kanontas-chares-stin-aik/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.alphanews.live/economy/to-fthino-revma-den-erchetai-kanontas-chares-stin-aik/</guid><description>Why the EAC&apos;s demands look like special treatment rather than genuine market liberalisation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Market reform</category></item><item><title>Competition Did Not Weaken Cyprus Telecoms. It Forced Them to Evolve</title><link>https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/competition-did-weaken-cyprus-telecoms-forced-them-evolve-kyprianou-bcsif/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/competition-did-weaken-cyprus-telecoms-forced-them-evolve-kyprianou-bcsif/</guid><description>What Cyprus&apos;s telecoms liberalisation teaches us about opening the electricity market.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Competition</category></item><item><title>Ενεργειακή επάρκεια ενόψει καλοκαιριού 2026 · Power adequacy ahead of summer 2026</title><link>https://www.politis.com.cy/politis-news/oikonomia/988518/energheiaki-eparkeia-enopsei-kalokairiou-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.politis.com.cy/politis-news/oikonomia/988518/energheiaki-eparkeia-enopsei-kalokairiou-2026</guid><description>Does Cyprus have a coherent plan to keep the system adequate through summer 2026?</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Adequacy</category></item><item><title>Cyta στο ρεύμα: ανταγωνισμός ή κρατικό ντέρμπι; · Cyta in electricity: competition or a state derby?</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/cyprusenergy-cyta-competition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/cyprusenergy-cyta-competition</guid><description>Will Cyta&apos;s entry into electricity bring real competition, or a contest between state players? It comes down to the rules, not the intentions.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Competition</category></item><item><title>Ανταγωνιστική αγορά ή Single Buyer; Τι πραγματικά διακυβεύεται για την Κύπρο · Competitive market or Single Buyer? What is really at stake for Cyprus</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/target-model-single-buyer-kypros</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/target-model-single-buyer-kypros</guid><description>Why a competitive electricity market sends clearer investment signals than a Single Buyer, and what the choice means for Cyprus.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Market design</category></item><item><title>Τι είναι η ανταγωνιστική αγορά ηλεκτρισμού που ξεκινά την 1η Οκτωβρίου; · What is the competitive electricity market starting on 1 October?</title><link>https://www.sigmalive.com/news/opinions_sigmalive/1278082/ti-inai-i-antaghonistiki-aghora-ilektrismou-poy-ksekina-tin-1i-oktovrioy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sigmalive.com/news/opinions_sigmalive/1278082/ti-inai-i-antaghonistiki-aghora-ilektrismou-poy-ksekina-tin-1i-oktovrioy</guid><description>A plain-language explainer of the competitive electricity market opening on 1 October 2025.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Market design</category></item><item><title>Η αποτυχία του Net-Metering και πως να το αναβαθμίσουμε · The failure of net metering and how to upgrade it</title><link>https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/%CE%B7-%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%84%CF%85%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-net-metering-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CF%80%CF%89%CF%82-%CE%BD%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF-sotiris-kyprianou-c3nve/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/%CE%B7-%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%84%CF%85%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-net-metering-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CF%80%CF%89%CF%82-%CE%BD%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF-sotiris-kyprianou-c3nve/</guid><description>Why net metering has hit its limits in Cyprus, and the case for moving to net-billing with storage.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Net metering</category></item><item><title>Αναβάθμιση της Δεκέλειας με σταθμούς παραγωγής από καύσιμο, μα πού ζούμε, στον Μεσαίωνα; · Upgrading Dhekelia with fuel-fired units: are we living in the Middle Ages?</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/philenews-dekelia-fuel-upgrade</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/philenews-dekelia-fuel-upgrade</guid><description>Two new fuel-fired gas turbines at Dhekelia is the wrong call; the same money buys batteries that do far more.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Generation</category></item><item><title>Targeted Energy Efficiency: A Key to Lower Cyprus Energy Costs</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/targeted-energy-efficiency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/targeted-energy-efficiency</guid><description>How targeted efficiency measures can cut electricity costs in Cyprus.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Efficiency</category></item><item><title>Powering Up the Future: How Blockchain can Revolutionize the Electricity Sector</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/blockchain-electricity-sector</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/blockchain-electricity-sector</guid><description>Where blockchain could genuinely change how electricity is traded and settled.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Markets &amp; tech</category></item><item><title>Release: CYRP Model</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/cyrp-model</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/cyrp-model</guid><description>Introducing the CYRP model for analysing the Cypriot power system.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Modelling</category></item><item><title>Πληρώνει η Κύπρος πρόστιμα για το διοξείδιο του άνθρακα (CO₂); · Is Cyprus paying fines for carbon dioxide (CO₂)?</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/cyprus-co2-fines</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/cyprus-co2-fines</guid><description>What carbon-allowance costs really mean for Cyprus and its electricity bills.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Carbon</category></item><item><title>Ο Μακροχρόνιος σχεδιασμός των συστημάτων παραγωγής · The long-term planning of generation systems</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/long-term-generation-planning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/long-term-generation-planning</guid><description>How generation systems should be planned over the long run for a small island grid.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Capacity planning</category></item><item><title>The evolution of Utility rates</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/evolution-of-utility-rates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/evolution-of-utility-rates</guid><description>How utility tariff structures have evolved, and where they are heading.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Tariffs</category></item><item><title>Πώς η Κύπρος μπορεί να φτάσει στους μηδενικούς ρύπους · How Cyprus can reach net-zero emissions</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/cyprus-net-zero</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/cyprus-net-zero</guid><description>A route to net-zero for the Cypriot energy system.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Decarbonisation</category></item><item><title>Energy Storage replacing Natural gas power plants</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/storage-vs-natural-gas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/storage-vs-natural-gas</guid><description>The case for energy storage as an alternative to new natural-gas generation.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Storage</category></item><item><title>The Green Deal and the effect in Cyprus</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/green-deal-cyprus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/green-deal-cyprus</guid><description>What the European Green Deal means in practice for Cyprus.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>EU policy</category></item><item><title>Battery technology in Cyprus</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/battery-technology-cyprus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/battery-technology-cyprus</guid><description>The role battery technology can play in the Cypriot power system.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Storage</category></item><item><title>Solar energy in Cyprus and the &quot;duck curve&quot;</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/solar-duck-curve</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/solar-duck-curve</guid><description>How high solar penetration creates the duck curve, and what it means for Cyprus.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Solar</category></item><item><title>Effect of Climate change in Cyprus</title><link>https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/climate-change-cyprus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sotiriskyprianou.com/writing/climate-change-cyprus</guid><description>The local effects of climate change on Cyprus.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Climate</category></item></channel></rss>