Ankara’s move to dispatch a warship to monitor new surveys for the Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnector, despite these surveys being conducted in the northern Cretan Sea, confirms the high-stakes nature of this project for Greek-Turkish relations.
The gradual abolition of the two fees included in electricity bills to fund renewable energy sources (ETMEAR) and supplying islands with electricity (YKO) are among the actions the Environment and Energy Ministry is planning, to reduce consumer bills for electric power.
This is a move that aims for the gradual phase-out of lignite units and an increase in renewable energy sources, with a particular emphasis on wind energy
Cyprus has yet to decide whether it will remain the last energy-isolated country in the EU or gain access to the European electricity market through Greece.
