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21 pieces on the Cyprus electricity market: competition and the Single Buyer, renewables and curtailment, storage, carbon and grid planning. Mostly in Greek.
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- Jun 2026 The solution is right in front of us: energy storage Storage is the fastest, most competitive answer to Cyprus's prices and adequacy, so why is it being kept hostage to procedures, delays and conflicts of roles? CBN · Storage · English Read →
- Apr 2026 Το φθηνό ρεύμα δεν έρχεται κάνοντας χάρες στην ΑΗΚ Cheap electricity won't come by doing the EAC favours Why the EAC's demands look like special treatment rather than genuine market liberalisation. AlphaNews · Market reform · Greek Read ↗
- Mar 2026 Competition Did Not Weaken Cyprus Telecoms. It Forced Them to Evolve What Cyprus's telecoms liberalisation teaches us about opening the electricity market. LinkedIn · Competition · English Read ↗
- Feb 2026 Ενεργειακή επάρκεια ενόψει καλοκαιριού 2026 Power adequacy ahead of summer 2026 Does Cyprus have a coherent plan to keep the system adequate through summer 2026? Politis · Adequacy · Greek Read ↗
- Feb 2026 Cyta στο ρεύμα: ανταγωνισμός ή κρατικό ντέρμπι; Cyta in electricity: competition or a state derby? Will Cyta's entry into electricity bring real competition, or a contest between state players? It comes down to the rules, not the intentions. Cyprus Energy News · Competition · Greek Read →
- Jan 2026 Ανταγωνιστική αγορά ή Single Buyer; Τι πραγματικά διακυβεύεται για την Κύπρο Competitive market or Single Buyer? What is really at stake for Cyprus Why a competitive electricity market sends clearer investment signals than a Single Buyer, and what the choice means for Cyprus. Renewable Labs · Market design · Greek Read →
- Jun 2025 Τι είναι η ανταγωνιστική αγορά ηλεκτρισμού που ξεκινά την 1η Οκτωβρίου; What is the competitive electricity market starting on 1 October? A plain-language explainer of the competitive electricity market opening on 1 October 2025. Sigmalive · Market design · Greek Read ↗
- Jul 2024 Η αποτυχία του Net-Metering και πως να το αναβαθμίσουμε The failure of net metering and how to upgrade it Why net metering has hit its limits in Cyprus, and the case for moving to net-billing with storage. LinkedIn · Net metering · Greek Read ↗
- Feb 2024 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? Two new fuel-fired gas turbines at Dhekelia is the wrong call; the same money buys batteries that do far more. Phileleftheros · Generation · Greek Read →
- Jul 2023 Targeted Energy Efficiency: A Key to Lower Cyprus Energy Costs How targeted efficiency measures can cut electricity costs in Cyprus. Renewable Labs · Efficiency · English Read →
- Dec 2022 Powering Up the Future: How Blockchain can Revolutionize the Electricity Sector Where blockchain could genuinely change how electricity is traded and settled. Renewable Labs · Markets & tech · English Read →
- Sep 2022 Release: CYRP Model Introducing the CYRP model for analysing the Cypriot power system. Renewable Labs · Modelling · English Read →
- Dec 2021 Πληρώνει η Κύπρος πρόστιμα για το διοξείδιο του άνθρακα (CO₂); Is Cyprus paying fines for carbon dioxide (CO₂)? What carbon-allowance costs really mean for Cyprus and its electricity bills. Renewable Labs · Carbon · Greek Read →
- Nov 2021 Ο Μακροχρόνιος σχεδιασμός των συστημάτων παραγωγής The long-term planning of generation systems How generation systems should be planned over the long run for a small island grid. Renewable Labs · Capacity planning · Greek Read →
- Jul 2021 The evolution of Utility rates How utility tariff structures have evolved, and where they are heading. Renewable Labs · Tariffs · English Read →
- Mar 2021 Πώς η Κύπρος μπορεί να φτάσει στους μηδενικούς ρύπους How Cyprus can reach net-zero emissions A route to net-zero for the Cypriot energy system. Renewable Labs · Decarbonisation · Greek Read →
- Jan 2021 Energy Storage replacing Natural gas power plants The case for energy storage as an alternative to new natural-gas generation. Renewable Labs · Storage · English Read →
- Dec 2020 The Green Deal and the effect in Cyprus What the European Green Deal means in practice for Cyprus. Renewable Labs · EU policy · English Read →
- Dec 2020 Battery technology in Cyprus The role battery technology can play in the Cypriot power system. Renewable Labs · Storage · English Read →
- Dec 2020 Solar energy in Cyprus and the "duck curve" How high solar penetration creates the duck curve, and what it means for Cyprus. Renewable Labs · Solar · English Read →
- Dec 2020 Effect of Climate change in Cyprus The local effects of climate change on Cyprus. Renewable Labs · Climate · English Read →