Cyprus Mail23 Jul 2026

Energy minister vows to avoid further night-time power cuts

Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Thursday that every effort would be made to avoid further electricity cuts overnight, expressing confidence that the installation of 120MW of energy storage capacity by early 2027 would prevent a repeat of the current problems next summer.

Speaking before the presentation of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus’ (EAC) annual review, Damianos said the latest outages were caused by faults affecting EAC generators, forcing limited power cuts on Wednesday...

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